Prologue | p. 1 |
Introduction | p. 5 |
Hughes Chronology | p. 7 |
The Lord and His Vassals | p. 17 |
A Great Man Remembered | p. 19 |
The Set-up: Operations Center | p. 21 |
On the Road | p. 31 |
Hughes Tool Company and the Family | p. 33 |
Hughes and His People-The Shaker Table | p. 37 |
Introduction to Hollywood-The Early Years | p. 45 |
Enter Noah Dietrich | p. 47 |
Katharine Hepburn | p. 49 |
Operations Center-Loyalty | p. 51 |
RKO | p. 55 |
The Starlets | p. 63 |
Patriotism | p. 67 |
The Airplane Chronicles | p. 71 |
Hughes Aircraft Company | p. 81 |
Jets, TWA, & Complicated Relationships | p. 89 |
Bankers | p. 95 |
Baseball | p. 97 |
Supposed Eccentricities | p. 99 |
Hughes and Golf | p. 103 |
Golf in Las Vegas | p. 107 |
Property Acquisitions | p. 111 |
Nevada | p. 117 |
The Nevada Operations | p. 125 |
The Ordinary Side of a Genius | p. 133 |
Flying with Hughes | p. 147 |
The Air West Purchase | p. 157 |
Hughes' Work Ethic | p. 163 |
Marriage of Inconvenience | p. 167 |
Betrayal | p. 179 |
Betrayed Loyalty-The Maheu Ouster | p. 187 |
Revolutionizing of Pain Treatment | p. 203 |
Final Days | p. 207 |
The Lost Will | p. 213 |
HHMI | p. 217 |
Appendix | p. 221 |
Ellie Pugmire's Memoirs | p. 223 |
Court | p. 259 |
Affidavit of David B. Tinnin, Case No. 8225312 | p. 262 |
Index | p. 263 |
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