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

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W. W. Norton & Company, 1979 - 687 pages
 

Contents

Preface
11
DEATH IN MEXICO
19
THE EARLY YEARS
29
135
61
HERO
75
THE WAR YEARS
105
MOVIES MISSILES AND COMMUNISTS
161
REVOLT AT CULVER CITY
186
THE HIJACKING OF AIR WEST
381
GOLD FEVER
398
TURNING POINT
423
Hoax
467
Under Fire
494
HUGHESGATE
517
THE LAST YEAR
550
A SUMMING
622

BREAKDOWN
226
RETREAT
250
LORD OF THE DESERT
296
OUT OF CONTROL
317
THE 90MILLION MISTAKE
339
Chronology
629
Sources
641
Index
671
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