Howard Hughes was America's most famous playboy and rogue operator, an outlaw eccentric millionaire and hellraiser, 'I can buy any man' he once bragged, 'and have any woman.' And it was almost true. He stormed from bedroom to boardroom, from corporate bribary to Capitol Hill; his affairs with Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, Bette Davis and many others were as brief as they were stormy. he was a deeply involved in Watergate and in the Cuban missile crisis.
He burgled his own office records when tax authorities were after him. And, despite a mystrious illness, he wheeled and dealed to the last days of his life.
| ISBN: | 9780753522875 |
| Publication date: | 22nd March 2011 |
| Author: | Charles Higham |
| Publisher: | Virgin Books an imprint of Ebury Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 440 pages |
| Genres: |
Autobiography: business and industry Autobiography: arts and entertainment Aviation skills and piloting Individual film directors, film-makers |
Howard Hughes was America's most famous playboy and rogue operator, an outlaw eccentric millionaire and hellraiser, 'I can buy any man' he once bragged, 'and have any woman.' And it was almost true. He stormed from bedroom to boardroom, from corporate bribary to Capitol Hill; his affairs with Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, Bette Davis and many others were as brief as they were stormy. he was a deeply involved in Watergate and in the Cuban missile crisis.
Howard Hughes features in the following genres: Autobiography: business and industry, Autobiography: arts and entertainment, Aviation skills and piloting, Individual film directors, film-makers
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Howard Hughes was written by Charles Higham and published by Virgin Books an imprint of Ebury Publishing
Howard Hughes has 440 pages
£15.29, reduced from £16.99. Print on Demand / Special Order.