Howard Hughes: The Untold Story - Brossura

Brown, Peter Harry; Broeske, Pat H.

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ISBN 10: 0306813920 ISBN 13: 9780306813924

Casa editrice: Da Capo Pr, 2004

Riassunto

Drawing on hundreds of interviews and recently revealed documents, a personal biography of the enigmatic billionaire spans seven decades in the life of the pioneer aviator and Hollywood mogul, including his secretive life, numerous love affairs, bizarre behavior, and descent into madness. Reprint. 40,000 first printing.

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L'autore:

Peter Harry Brown is, with Pat H. Broeske, the author of Down at the End of Lonely Street: The Life and Death of Elvis Presley. He is a journalist and author of the New York Times bestseller Marilyn: The Last Take. Formerly with the Los Angeles Times, Pat H. Broeske is a veteran entertainment reporter who writes for Entertainment Weekly and the New York Times. Like Brown, Broeske lives in southern California.

Product Description:

Coinciding with the release of Martin Scorsese's The Aviator -a juicy tale of Howard Hughes and Hollywood's leading ladies. Howard Hughes was one of the most amazing, intriguing, and controversial figures of the twentieth century. He was the billionaire head of a giant corporation, a genius inventor, an ace pilot, a matinee-idol-handsome playboy, a major movie maker who bedded a long list of Hollywood glamour queens, a sexual sultan with a harem of teenage consorts, a political insider with intimate ties to Watergate, a Las Vegas kingpin, and ultimately a bizarre recluse whose final years and shocking death were cloaked in macabre mystery. Now he is the subject of Martin Scorsese's biopic The Aviator . Few people have been able to penetrate the wall of secrecy that enshrouded this complex man. In this fascinating, revelation-packed biography, the full story of one of the most daring, enigmatic, and reclusive power brokers America has ever known is finally told.

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• Editore: Da Capo Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0306813920
• ISBN 13: 9780306813924
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 482