Howard Hughes by Charles Higham

Howard Hughes by Charles Higham

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Summary

Howard Hughes had various personas: aviator, film producer, entrepreneur and recluse. Revealing the private scandals, his affairs with Hollywood stars (male and female) and his involvement in Watergate, this book ties in with the release of a film about Hughes' early life, called "The Aviator" and starring Leonardo DiCaprio.

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Howard Hughes by Charles Higham

Howard Hughes was America's most famous playboy and rogue operator, an outlaw eccentric millionaire and hellraiser, 'I can buy any man' he once bragged, 'and have any woman.' And it was almost true. He stormed from bedroom to boardroom, from corporate bribary to Capitol Hill; his affairs with Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, Bette Davis and many others were as brief as they were stormy. he was a deeply involved in Watergate and in the Cuban missile crisis. He burgled his own office records when tax authorities were after him. And, despite a mystrious illness, he wheeled and dealed to the last days of his life.
'I can buy any man in the world' Howard Hughes 'evokes the seamy underside of American business, politics and culture... has a horrible fascination' Sunday Telegraph
Charles Higham is author of a number of biographies, such as Cary Grant: The Lonely Heart, Cecil B DeMille, Brando: The Unauthorised Biography, Rose: The Life and Times of Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy and Orson Welles: Rise and Fall of an American Genius. His biography of the Duchess of Windsor will be published in autumn 2004.
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ISBN 13 9780753509715
ISBN 10 0753509717
Title Howard Hughes
Author Charles Higham
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Ebury Publishing
Year published 2004-11-04
Number of pages 440
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.