Hughes The Private Diaries, Memos and Letters

by Hack, Richard

• ISBN13: 9781597775106
• ISBN10: 159777510X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-09-01
• Publisher: Phoenix Books, Inc.

Summary

Newly uncovered personal letters and over 100,000 pages of sealed court testimony reveal the man behind the many myths in this story of the secretive billionaire who led a uniquely American life. Photos.

Author Biography

Richard Hack was an investigative writer for over 20 years. He is the author of more than fifteen books, including Puppetmaster: The Secret Life of J. Edgar Hoover, Clash of the Titans: How the Unbridled Ambition of Ted Turner and Rupert Murdoch Has Created Global Empires That Control What We Read and Watch, and Duchess of Death: The Unauthorized Biography of Agatha Christie..

Table of Contents

Author's Introduction	p. xi
Prologue: Death by Neglect	p. 3
Unto Us a Son Is Given	p. 21
From Boy to Man	p. 37
Freedom	p. 55
A Star Named Billie A Mistress Named Angel	p. 73
Up From the Ashes, Into the Air	p. 91
An American Hero	p. 109
A Plane Made of Wood And a Bra Made of Steel	p. 125
Crash and Burn	p. 143
Citizen Hughes	p. 159
Hooray for Hollywood	p. 179
Communists, Lovers, And Other Strangers	p. 197
From Darkness to Shadows	p. 215
Til Death Us Do Part	p. 233
To the Asylum Born	p. 247
Hey! Ba-Ba-Re-Bop	p. 265
The King of Las Vegas	p. 283
The Richest Man in America	p. 301
The Great Divide	p. 317
Isolation	p. 341
Being of Sound Mind and Body	p. 359
Epilogue: And the Winner Is...	p. 375
Acknowledgments	p. 392
Source Notes	p. 393
Index	p. 426
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