Howard Hughes: The Secret Life

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Macmillan, 2004 M11 10 - 368 pages

Adapted to a major motion picture by director Martin Scorsese, The Aviator stars Leonardo DiCaprio as Howard Hughes!

His wealth was legendary. His passions were bizarre. Charles Higham's biography tells the truth about the money, the madness, and the man behind the enigma.

Howard Hughes is one of the best known and least understood men of our times--famed for his wealth, his daring, and his descent into madness. Bestselling biographer Higham goes beyond the enigma to reveal the incredible private life of Howard Hughes:

* his romances with the great stars of Hollywood--Katharine Hepburn, Bette Davis, Cary Grant, Tyrone Power, and numerous others
* his forays into sadomasochism
* his involvement with Richard Nixon and Watergate
* his bizarre final years

This is a compelling portrait of a unique American figure--in a story as revealing as it is unforgettable.

 

Selected pages

Contents

Prologue to the 2004 Edition
xi
Preface
11
Four New Adventures
48
Five Airman
64
Six Around the World
73
Seven Wartime Years
91
Eight Of Sex and Corruption
107
Nine Crash
120
Ten From Hercules to Hollywood
130
Seventeen From Nassau to Watergate
260
Authors Note and Acknowledgments
331
Notes on Sources
337
Selected Bibliography
351
Copyright

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About the author (2004)

Charles Higham is the author of such bestsellers as The Duchess of Windsor; Kate: The Life of Katharine Hepburn; and Bette: The Life of Bette Davis. With coauthor Ray Moseley, he has written Elizabeth and Philip: The Untold Story of the Queen of England and Her Prince, and biographies of Cary Grant and Merle Oberon. A former New York Times feature writer, Mr. Higham lives in Los Angeles.

Bibliographic information

TitleHoward Hughes: The Secret Life
AuthorCharles Higham
Editionillustrated, reprint
PublisherMacmillan, 2004
ISBN0312329970, 9780312329976
Length368 pages
  
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