02228cam a2200325 i 4500 283105502 TxAuBib 20020809120000.0 020809s2001||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2001044344 9781893224353 $15.00 189322435X $15.00 TxAuBib rda Hack, Richard. Hughes, The Private Diaries, Memos and Letters : The Definitive Biography of the First American Billionaire / by Richard Hack. Beverly Hills, Calif : New Millennium Press, 2001. 444 p : hardbound ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (p. 396-426) and index. Includes bibliographical references and index. Prologue: Death by Neglect -- Unto Us a Son Is Given -- From Boy to Man -- Freedom -- A Star Named Billie A Mistress Named Angel -- Up From the Ashes, Into the Air -- An American Hero -- A Plane Made of Wood And a Bra Made of Steel -- Crash and Burn -- Citizen Hughes -- Hooray for Hollywood -- Communists, Lovers, And Other Strangers -- From Darkness to Shadows -- Til Death Us Do Part -- To the Asylum Born -- Hey! Ba-Ba-Re-Bop -- The King of Las Vegas -- The Richest Man in America -- The Great Divide -- Isolation -- Being of Sound Mind and Body -- Epilogue: And the Winner Is. Howard Hughes was a true American original: legendary lover, record-setting aviator, award-winning film producer, talented inventor, ultimate eccentric, and, for much of his lifetime, the richest man in the United States. His desire for privacy was so fierce and his isolation so complete that even now, twenty-five years after his death, inaccurate stories continue to circulate, and many have been published as fact. Hughes explodes the illusion of his life and exposes the man behind the myth. 20020809. Hughes, Howard 1905-1976 1905-1976. Businesspeople United States Biography. Millionaires United States Biography. Books.