If you like juicy, scandalous Hollywood stories, this is IT!!! Biography on the bizarre life and shocking death of Howard Hughes. One of the most intriguing figures of the 20th 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, a political influencer, with intimate ties to Watergate, and a Las Vegas king pin. Ultimately, he became a recluse whose final years were clocked in macabre mystery. Based on unsealed court documents, secret FBI reports, and 100s of new interviews, this revelation packed biography explores the truth about his steam affairs with various Hollywood starlets and many others. His emotionally incestuous ties to his beautiful mother, his cruel rejection of his first wife, and his tortured marriage are fully detailed, as are his breakdowns and recoveries, disappearing acts, and disguises. This definitive story of a true American original shows why the legend of Howard Hughes continues to grab the world imagination.  Book contains 16 revealing photographs

ISBN: 0071162006995