Citizen Hughes
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
Behind the myth of Howard Hughes — the reclusive billionaire, the aviation maverick, the shadowy puppet-master of American politics — lay a far stranger and more disturbing truth. Citizen Hughes chronicles the secret inner world of one of the twentieth century's most enigmatic figures, drawing on thousands of handwritten memos and documents that Hughes himself produced during his years of self-imposed exile, revealing a man consumed by paranoia, obsessed with power, and determined to buy his way into the heart of the American political establishment. Michael Drosnin constructs a damning and meticulously researched portrait of unchecked wealth corrupting democracy itself, illustrating how Hughes systematically attempted to purchase presidents, suppress nuclear testing, and manipulate the media landscape of an entire nation. Written with the pace of a thriller and the authority of investigative journalism, the book raises profound questions about the relationship between money and political power in America that remain urgently relevant today — leaving the reader to wonder just how much of the republic was, at one point, for sale.
Author: Michael Drosnin
Format: Hardback
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
Behind the myth of Howard Hughes — the reclusive billionaire, the aviation maverick, the shadowy puppet-master of American politics — lay a far stranger and more disturbing truth. Citizen Hughes chronicles the secret inner world of one of the twentieth century's most enigmatic figures, drawing on thousands of handwritten memos and documents that Hughes himself produced during his years of self-imposed exile, revealing a man consumed by paranoia, obsessed with power, and determined to buy his way into the heart of the American political establishment. Michael Drosnin constructs a damning and meticulously researched portrait of unchecked wealth corrupting democracy itself, illustrating how Hughes systematically attempted to purchase presidents, suppress nuclear testing, and manipulate the media landscape of an entire nation. Written with the pace of a thriller and the authority of investigative journalism, the book raises profound questions about the relationship between money and political power in America that remain urgently relevant today — leaving the reader to wonder just how much of the republic was, at one point, for sale.