Howard Hughes - by Peter Harry Brown & Pat H Broeske (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Just in time for the November release of Miramax's "The Aviator," starring Leonardo DiCaprio and directed by Martin Scorsese, this fascinating biography tells the full story of one of the most daring, enigmatic, and reclusive power brokers America has ever known. Photos.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Howard Hughes was one of the most amazing, intriguing, and controversial figures of the twentieth century. He was the billionaire head of a giant corporation, a genius inventor, an ace pilot, a matinee-idol-handsome playboy, a major movie maker who bedded a long list of Hollywood glamour queens, a sexual sultan with a harem of teenage consorts, a political insider with intimate ties to Watergate, a Las Vegas kingpin, and ultimately a bizarre recluse whose final years and shocking death were cloaked in macabre mystery. Now he is the subject of Martin Scorsese's biopic <i>The Aviator</i>. Few people have been able to penetrate the wall of secrecy that enshrouded this complex man. In this fascinating, revelation-packed biography, the full story of one of the most daring, enigmatic, and reclusive power brokers America has ever known is finally told.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Peter Harry Brown</b> is, with Pat H. Broeske, the author of <i>Down at the End of Lonely Street: The Life and Death of Elvis Presley</i>. He is a journalist and author of the <i>New York Times</i> bestseller <i>Marilyn: The Last Take</i>. <p/> Formerly with the <i>Los Angeles Times</i>, <b>Pat H. Broeske</b> is a veteran entertainment reporter who writes for <i>Entertainment Weekly</i> and the <i>New York Times</i>. Like Brown, Broeske lives in southern California.
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