Howard Hughes: Power, Paranoia, and Palace Intrigue, Revised and Expanded

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Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface: The Hughes-Las Vegas Connection -- Part One: Before Las Vegas -- 1. Young Maverick: Becoming Hughes -- Part Two: Las Vegas -- 2. Early Las Vegas: Hughes' Safe Haven -- 3. Bob Maheu, Part 1: Rise of the Alter Ego -- 4. Outside Looking In: What Las Vegas Saw -- 5. The Penthouse: In the Hermit's Kingdom -- 6. The Landmark: The Hard Luck Hotel -- 7. The Palace Coup: The Manipulation of Hughes -- 8. The Governors: Dealing with Hughes -- 9. Bob Maheu, Part 2: Aftermath of the Palace Coup -- 10. In His Own Words: The Hughes-Maheu Memos -- 11. Hughes and the Mob: Arm's-Length Associations -- 12. Hank Greenspun: Media Friend, Media Foe -- 13. John Meier: Politics, Paranoia, and the Mining Scam -- 14. Channel 8: Hughes' Movie Source -- Part Three: After Death -- 15. Melvin Dummar: Good Samaritan or Teller of Tales? -- 16. The Estate: Will and the Wills -- 17. Legacies: Hughes in Hindsight -- Part Four: Industry -- 18. TWA: The Airline That Got Away -- 19. Hughes Aircraft: Hands-Off Success -- 20. The Glomar Explorer: Partnering with the CIA -- 21. RKO Pictures: How to Wreck a Movie Studio -- Part Five: People -- 22. Uncle Rupert: The Renaissance Man -- 23. Jack Real: Hughes' Last Friend -- 24. Paul Winn: Secretary to Hughes -- 25. Clifford Irving: The Hoax and the Interview -- 26. Jane Russell: 'Two Good Reasons to See The Outlaw' -- 27. Terry Moore: Hughes' Secret Wife? -- 28. Close Encounters: Memories of Howard Hughes -- Part Six: Hughes in Pop Culture -- 29. The Fictional Hughes: Movies, Novels, and Beyond -- 30. Weird Tales: Obscure Books about Hughes -- 31. Hughes on Display: He's Everywhere and Nowhere in Las Vegas -- 32. Pilgrimage: Visiting the Flying Boat -- Acknowledgments -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.

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Howard Hughes: power, paranoia, and palace intrigue

Schumacher, Geoff

Schumacher, Geoff

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"Howard Hughes chronicles the life and legacies of one of the most intriguing and accomplished Americans of the twentieth century. Hughes made big-budget movies, built the world's fastest and largest airplanes, and helped transform and grow Las Vegas. He was a respected trailblazer and firebrand, but behind the facade his physical and mental health declined to the point of incapacitation. This book takes you behind the curtain to understand what really happened to Howard Hughes and what he has left behind"--

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