Citizen Hughes : The Power, the Money and the Madness by Michael Drosnin Paperback Book

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Rent Citizen Hughes : The Power, the Money and the Madness

Author: Michael Drosnin

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Bantam Dell Pub Group

Published: Nov 2004

Genre: Biography & Autobiography - General

Retail Price: $17.95

Pages: 532

Synopsis

Based on a selection of more than ten thousand internal documents of the Hughes organization, including three thousand pages of the billionaire's own handwritten memos, a revealing biography of the enigmatic Howard Hughes and his empire reveals his innermost activities and how he tried to buy the American government. Reprint. 25,000 first printing. (Coinciding with the Warner Bros. film, The Aviator, releasing December 2004, starring Leonardo di Caprio)

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