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English
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Howard Hughes (1905-1976) was a true American original: legendary lover, record-setting aviator, idiosyncratic 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 several decades after his death, inaccurate stories continue to circulate about him. Richard Hack explodes the illusion of Hughes' life and...
Author
Publisher
Putnam's
Pub. Date
c1993
Physical Desc
368 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
His wealth was legendary. His passions were bizarre. Now, the truth about the money, the madness, and the man behind the enigma.
Howard Hughes is one of the best known and least understood men of our times--famed for his wealth, his daring, and his descent into madness. Bestselling biographer Charles Higham goes beyond the enigma to reveal the incredible private life of Howard Hughes:
* his romances with the great stars of Hollywood--Katharine Hepburn,...
Author
Publisher
Norton
Pub. Date
c1979
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
687 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Howard Hughes lived one of the greatest, most heroic, misunderstood, mysterious, bizarre, and tragic lives in American history. Here at last, in a uniquely full and brilliantly documented biography by a Pulitzer Prize–winning investigative team, the mythology that surrounded that life is disentangled from the truth. Hughes had always been different. Raised by overprotective parents, pathologically fearful of germs, in awe of his father, unable to...
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Series
Publisher
Enslow Elementary
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
24 p. : ill. (some col.), col. map ; 20 x 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
The incredible and true story of hair-care tycoon Madame C.J. Walker. Born into poverty on a Louisiana plantation, the child of former slaves, and orphaned at the age of 7, she began to concoct her own hair treatments as a young woman and sold them door-to-door, eventually making a fortune and providing dignified employment to many other African American women.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xii, 719 p. : ill, map ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
A gripping, groundbreaking biography of the combative man whose genius and force of will created modern capitalism. We see Vanderbilt help to launch the transportation revolution, propel the Gold Rush, reshape Manhattan, and invent the modern corporation.
Author
Publisher
Recorded Books
Pub. Date
p2002
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
15 sound discs (18 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Based on newly uncovered personal letters, sealed court testimony, recently declassified FBI files, and never-before-revealed autopsy findings, this book by an investigative journalist and Hollywood insider is the definitive biography of Howard Hughes.
Author
Publisher
ECCO
Pub. Date
c2004
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xii, 258 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Challenges popular misconceptions about the nineteenth-century female tycoon's character to explore her considerable accomplishments in the world of finance at a time before women were legally able to vote.
19) Prince of darkness: the untold story of Jeremiah G. Hamilton, Wall Street's first black millionaire
Author
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition
Physical Desc
360 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
In the middle decades of the nineteenth century Jeremiah G. Hamilton was a well-known figure on Wall Street. He was reportedly the richest African American man in the United States, possessing a fortune of $2 million, or in excess of $250 million in today's currency. In Prince of Darkness, a groundbreaking and vivid account, eminent historian Shane White reveals the larger-than-life story of a man who defied every convention of his time. He wheeled...
Publisher
MPI Home Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (98 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A look at the rise and fall of the Hughes empire. Archival footage and interviews with the few people who had contact with him unravel the mysteries surrounding one of the richest and most intriguing men in the 20th century.
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