Howard Hughes: His Life & Madness

Howard Hughes: His Life & Madness
ISBN-10
0393326020
ISBN-13
9780393326024
Series
Howard Hughes
Category
Biography & Autobiography
Pages
687
Language
English
Published
2004
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Authors
Donald L Barlett, James B Steele

Description

Howard Hughes's veneer of bravado and secrecy is stripped away to reveal the true nature of the famous but troubled aviator in a biography by a pair of Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists. Reissue.

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