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Howard Hughes - by Donald L Barlett & James B Steele (Paperback)

Howard Hughes - by  Donald L Barlett & James B Steele (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Howard Hughes has always fascinated the public with his mixture of secrecy, dashing lifestyle, and reclusiveness. This book breaks through the image to reveal the man.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Howard Hughes has always fascinated the public with his mixture of secrecy, dashing lifestyle, and reclusiveness. This is the book that breaks through the image to get at the man. Originally published under the title <em>Empire: The Life, Legend, and Madness of Howard Hughes</em>.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>[The authors] have made an impressive use of documents to fashion this longest, most responsible and authoritative biography of Hughes to date.--Peter S. Prescott "Newsweek"<br><br>By far the soundest, fairest and fullest book we have on the bizarre billionaire who commanded the fortunes of Croesus yet could not command himself. It is the story of a man who had everything--and nothing.-- "John Barkham Reviews"<br><br>Donald Barlett and James Steele of <em>The Philadelphia Inquirer</em>, the finest team of reporters west of <em>The Times</em> of London, herewith present the perfect biography of the weirdest, most fascinating, most god-awful corporate creature you will ever encounter in broad daylight.--Robert Sherrill "Nation"<br><br>Now the full story of the life and death of Howard Hughes has been published, told not as cheap gossip but as a dazzlingly reported, hard-nosed account...[A] fat, beautifully researched book.--John Justin Smith "Chicago Sun-Times"<br><br>Of all the books written about Howard Hughes, [this] is easily the best...the first fully documented, crade-to-grave account of a unique American life.--Ted Morgan "New York Times Book Review"<br>

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