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Citizen Hughes
by Drosnin, Michael
- Used
- near fine
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0553254537
- ISBN 13
- 9780553254532
- Seller
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Monroe, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: Bantam Books, 1986 old stock/new book; clean and tight and square, covers are rubbed from shelf wear, edges and corners very slightly bumped and rubbed from normal shelf wear, no tears or creases, text is clean and unmarked, pages and inside covers are yellowed
Synopsis
Portrayed by Leonardo DiCaprio in the Martin Scorsese movie The Aviator, Howard Hughes is legendary as a playboy and pilot--but he is notorious for what he became: the ultimate mystery man. Citizen Hughes is the New York Times bestselling expose of Hughes's hidden life, and a stunning revelation of his "megalomaniac empire in the emperor's own words" (Newsweek).At the height of his wealth, power, and invisibility, the world's richest and most secretive man kept what amounted to a diary. The billionaire commanded his empire by correspondence, scrawling thousands of handwritten memos to unseen henchmen. It was the only time Howard Hughes risked writing down his orders, plans, thoughts, fears, and desires. Hughes claimed the papers were so sensitive--"the very most confidential, almost sacred information as to my innermost activities"--that not even his most trusted aides or executives were allowed to keep the messages he sent them. But in the early-morning hours of June 5, 1974, unknown burglars staged a daring break-in at Hughes's supposedly impregnable headquarters and escaped with all the confidential files. Despite a top-secret FBI investigation and a million-dollar CIA buyback bid, none of the stolen secret papers were ever found--until investigative reporter Michael Drosnin cracked the case.In Citizen Hughes, Drosnin reveals the true story of the great Hughes heist--and of the real Howard Hughes. Based on nearly ten thousand never-before-published documents, more than three thousand in Hughes's own handwriting, Citizen Hughes is far more than a biography, or even an unwilling autobiography. It is a startling record of the secret history of our times.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Book Nook Monroe
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 310925
- Title
- Citizen Hughes
- Author
- Drosnin, Michael
- Format/Binding
- Mass Market Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 3
- Edition
- first printing
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0553254537
- ISBN 13
- 9780553254532
- Publisher
- Bantam Books
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY, USA
- Date Published
- 1986
- Pages
- 579
- Size
- 12mo - over 6 3/4 - 7 3/4" tall
- Keywords
- Howard Hughes, rich and powerful, aviation, politics, Hollywood, business
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Book Nook Monroe
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Monroe, Michigan
About Book Nook Monroe
We were a small independent new & used bookstore established in 1969 in historic downtown Monroe, Michigan. As of September 2021 we have closed the store to the the public and have transitioned to on-line selling only. We are diligently (most days) trying to add hundreds & hundreds of (so far ignored) books in two storage units along with the new books left in our inventory. This is gonna take awhile - stay tuned.
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