Book Review: The Secret Life Of Howard Hughes
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Book Review: The Secret Life Of Howard Hughes
The Secret Life of Howard Hughes
Howard Hughes: The Secret Life, by Charles Higham
G.P. Putnam’s Sons, New York, 1993 (368 pg.)
Howard Hughes had a troubled childhood and by age eighteen both of his parents were dead. Howard had inherited the Hughes Tool Company from his father. Hughes Tool Company held a patent on oil drilling bits, and profited millions of dollars a year. Howard had earned enough money to buy his way into the movie industry. Howard’s life long obsession with aviation began during the filming of a war movie called Hells Angels. Withing years Howard owned multiple airplanes. He also broke the world...
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