Nancy Carroll was a brief but sincere romance . One of his longest affairs was with Katharine Hepburn . It seems like a curious match , because she was not the kind of voluptuous beauty that he favored . But she liked to fly and play ...
Howard, the Amazing Mr Hughes
“We didn't know a thing about it [gambling] and nobody here was interested in learning.”74 Nevertheless, Holliday sent Calvin Collier, the tool company's vice-president and treasurer, to Las Vegas to assist temporarily in ...
Set amid descriptions of the unimaginable changes that affected America between Hughes's birth in 1905 and his death in 1976, this book gives an insider's perspective about what money can buy, and what it can't.
We were fortunate to have him. He was a great patriot.In this fascinating book, three men who knew Howard Hughes share their never-been-told-before stories of a man the world never really knew.
For years the financial community in the East had eyed the holdings of this Western lone wolf, but he had refused to sell any of his holdings or even to dilute his one-man proprietorship. Hughes staved off a final decision until 1960, ...
Just in time for the November release of Miramax's "The Aviator," starring Leonardo DiCaprio and directed by Martin Scorsese, this fascinating biography tells the full story of one of the most daring, enigmatic, and reclusive power brokers ...
Some called it a national treasure. In this new 496-page book, Hughes Aircraft Company's past president Ken Richardson shows how this was done.
Bestselling biographer Charles Higham goes beyond the enigma to reveal the incredible private life of Howard Hughes: * his romances with the great stars of Hollywood--Katharine Hepburn, Bette Davis, Cary Grant, Tyrone Power, and numerous ...
In addition, Simons has been gifted access to the highly prized and rarely seen aircraft manual produced for the aircraft, content from which has been extracted and used to supplement the narrative.The book goes on to explore the political ...
With Hughes's deep attachment to him and his independent status in the empire — he was accountable only to Hughes — Maheu fell afoul of the Gay - Davis - Henley axis . Using the personal aides Gay had put in place at the billionaire's ...