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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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We Knew Howard Hughes: A Collection of Memoirs

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