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Hughes

The Private Diaries, Memos and Letters

Audiobook
1 of 1 copy available
1 of 1 copy available

"Howard Hughes would have this book. . . because he never wanted the truth to be told. Richard Hack has for the first time written the whole story in a fascinating and compelling manner. Truth in this instance is surely stranger than fiction. . . As the man who knew Hughes best for seventeen years and to whom he referred publicly as his alter-ego, I now believe that the entire story has finally been told. " "A remarkable book. The veil of secrecy has finally been lifted-this is the riveting inside story of one of the world's most enigmatic men. “Masterfully written. . . certainly the ultimate book on the eccentric billionaire. . . it answers virtually every question and finally tells what really happened behind the most intricate financial facade America has ever known. . . . from the love affairs to the political payoff it's all here. . . I found every page riveting. One of the most fascinating biographies ever. " "Howard Hughes was an endlessly fascinating character. I always thought I knew all there was to know about him until I read Richard Hack's wonderfully researched and tremendously entertaining biography. "

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    • AudioFile Magazine
      Movie mogul, ruthless industrialist, aviation pioneer, roué, spoiled brat, reclusive eccentric, madman--Howard Hughes was all of these. The aptly named Hack engagingly lays out enough sordid details of a totally selfish life to numb even the most prurient of interests. By and large, narrator Dan Cashman does a workmanlike job, though he's prone to odd phrasing and a kind of vocal trudging, as if he's very, very tired. Y.R. (c) AudioFile 2002, Portland, Maine
    • AudioFile Magazine
      Richard Hack gives us a brilliant portrait of America's first billionaire, painting the life of the legendary man who was at once an aeronaut, film producer, playboy, and recluse. Despite the book's subtitle, this reading has very little in the way of diary, memo, or personal correspondences. What it does provide is a fascinating, perplexing, sometimes disturbing portrait of Howard Hughes. Dan Cashman's reading is welcoming and unobtrusive, although at times it comes across as weary. Cashman reads in a strict documentary style that sometimes belies the lifestyle of the dramatic and paradoxical Hughes as he passes between lucidity and madness--from sexual promiscuity to a phobic avoidance of people, daylight, and germs. A fascinating, captivating listen. S.E.S. (c) AudioFile 2001, Portland, Maine

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