Next to Hughes: The Last Years of Howard Hughes's Strange and Tragic Life Chronicled by His Closest Advisor
- ISBN-10
- 189322449X
- ISBN-13
- 9781893224490
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2003-03-01
- Publisher
- New Millennium Press
- Authors
- Robert Maheu, Richard Hack
Description
Howard Hughes's right-hand man reveals how he helped the enigmatic billionaire break the mafia's stranglehold on Las Vegas and arrange the covert relationship between the CIA and mob that led to the Bay of Pigs invasion.
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