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Empire : the life, legend, and madness of Howard Hughes / by Donald L. Barlett and James B. Steele.
- Title
- Empire : the life, legend, and madness of Howard Hughes / by Donald L. Barlett and James B. Steele.
- Author
- Barlett, Donald L.
- Publication
- New York : Norton, c1979.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | CT275.H6678 B37 1979 | Off-site |
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- Additional Authors
- Steele, James B.
- Description
- 687 p. : ill., ports.; 24 cm.
- Summary
- Penetrating the mythology surrounding the bizarre life of the billionaire businessman, a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative team portrays Howard Hughes aws a man who, in time, came to be ruled by his madness.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Biographies
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- The early years -- Hollywood -- Hero -- The war years -- The Senate investigation -- Movies, missiles, and Communists -- Revolt at Culver City -- Seeds of disaster -- Breakdown -- Retreat -- A new career -- Lord of the desert -- Out of control -- The 90-million mistake -- The billion-dollar deal -- The hijacking of Air West -- Gold fever -- Turning point -- The political connection -- Life in exile -- Watergate -- Hughesgate -- The CIA's best-kept secret -- The last year -- The fight for the fortune.
- ISBN
- 0393075133
- LCCN
- ^^^79001331^
- OCLC
- 4665336
- SCSB-12667211
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library