Citizen Hughes: The Power, the Money and the Madness of the Man portrayed in the Movie THE AVIATOR

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Michael Drosnin Howard Hughes

Citizen Hughes

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The Power, the Money and the Madness of the Man portrayed in the Movie THE AVIATOR

Michael Drosnin, Howard Hughes

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Broadway Books
15 December 2004

Biography; Biography: general

Back in print--and timed to the release of the Martin Scorsese/Leonardo DiCaprio Howard Hughes bio-pic The Aviator --the New York Times bestselling expose of Hughes's ""megalomanic empire in the emperor's own words"" (Newsweek).

Portrayed by Leonardo DiCaprio in the Martin Scorsese movie The Aviator, Howard Hughes is legendary as a playboy and pilot-but he is notorious for what he became- the ultimate mystery man. Citizen Hughes is the New York Times bestselling expose of Hughes's hidden life, and a stunning revelation of his ""megalomaniac empire in the emperor's own words"" (Newsweek).

At the height of his wealth, power, and invisibility, the world's richest and most secretive man kept what amounted to a diary. The billionaire commanded his empire by correspondence, scrawling thousands of handwritten memos to unseen henchmen. It was the only time Howard Hughes risked writing down his orders, plans, thoughts, fears, and desires. Hughes claimed the papers were so sensitive-""the very most confidential, almost sacred information as to my innermost activities""-that not even his most trusted aides or executives were allowed to keep the messages he sent them.

But in the early-morning hours of June 5, 1974, unknown burglars staged a daring break-in at Hughes's supposedly impregnable headquarters and escaped with all the confidential files. Despite a top-secret FBI investigation and a million-dollar CIA buyback bid, none of the stolen secret papers were ever found-until investigative reporter Michael Drosnin cracked the case. In Citizen Hughes, Drosnin reveals the true story of the great Hughes heist-and of the real Howard Hughes. Based on nearly ten thousand never-before-published documents, more than three thousand in Hughes's own handwriting, Citizen Hughes is far more than a biography, or even an unwilling autobiography. It is a startling record of the secret history of our times.

By: Michael Drosnin, Howard Hughes
Imprint: Broadway Books
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 33mm
Weight: 672g
ISBN: 9780767919340
ISBN 10: 0767919343
Pages: 532
Publication Date: 15 December 2004
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for Citizen Hughes: The Power, the Money and the Madness of the Man portrayed in the Movie THE AVIATOR

A story of breadth and depth, scope and flavor . . . A terrifying portrait of power gone berserk. -Chicago Tribune Reveals a Howard Hughes who is far more evil than we might have known before. -New York Times Direct access to the mind of a callous and frightened man. -Time Sensational: one of the best 'truth is stranger than fiction' stories of all time. -Liz Smith Remarkable . . . the mysterious Howard Hughes is exposed in his own strident memos. -San Francisco Chronicle