Empire: The Life, Legend, and Madness of Howard Hughes

Barlett, Donald L; Steele, James B

ISBN 10: 0786178477 ISBN 13: 9780786178476

Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks, 2005

Synopsis

Howard Hughes lived one of the greatest, most heroic, misunderstood, mysterious, bizarre, and tragic lives in American history. In this brilliantly documented biography, the mythology that surrounded that life is disentangled from the truth.Hughes had always been different. Certainly his riches set him apart, but he was also tough. Orphaned and a millionaire at eighteen, Hughes repudiated his relatives, seized control of the Hughes Tool Company, the linchpin of his fortune, and went on to become a flamboyant movie producer, holder of many world aviation records, principal owner of Trans World Airlines, a critically important defense contractor, Hollywood's most pursued and elusive bachelor, and partner of the United States government.This is an epic biography of an epic figure who bestrode the world like a colossus yet could not master himself.

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About the Author:

Donald Bertlett and James Steele of the Philadelphia Inquirer have won 17 major journalism awards, including a Pulitzer Prize, for their investigative reporting.

About this edition

• Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0786178477
• ISBN 13: 9780786178476
• Binding: Audio CD