Howard Hughes The Las Vegas Years

Many people know about Howard Hughes, Americas first billionaire. He was an aviation engineer, an Oscar-winning motion picture producer and director, and a hotel and casino owner in Las Vegas and Reno, with seven establishments. He built the biggest airplane in the world at the timeknown as the Spruce Gooseand the Glormar Explorer supership for the CIA. He owned RKO Motion Picture Studios in Hollywood, as well as tens of thousands of acres in California, Nevada, and Texas. Fewer people, however, know the Howard Hughes of the neon world of Las Vegas in the 1970s. Reclusive and eccentric, Hughes spent his later years surrounded by Mormon aides who insulated him from outsiders. This collection of biographical anecdotes includes stories of the power players of the timecelebrities, famous actresses, and the Las Vegas Mafiaas well as tales of Hughess bevy of less-well-known ladies. Told by an insider who knew Hughes in that era, these stories reveal new aspects of an American icon, set against the background of Sin City, the town he loved so much. John has captured a fascinating era here; I know I was there. Alvin Zuckert, Emmy-award winning television director Johns book caused me to relive an exciting and wonderful time in my life. There were sides of Hughes you never knew existed until now! Ted West, engineer for Hughes Television, KLAS-TV and FOX-TV, Las Vegas, Nevada No crapshoot here; Johns got an absolute winner. Gary Marlow, technical director for Hughes Television, KLAS-TV, Las Vegas, Nevada

Just in time for the November release of Miramax's "The Aviator," starring Leonardo DiCaprio and directed by Martin Scorsese, this fascinating biography tells the full story of one of the most daring, enigmatic, and reclusive power brokers America has ever known. Photos.

The life that inspired the major motion picture The Aviator, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and directed by Martin Scorsese. Howard Hughes has always fascinated the public with his mixture of secrecy, dashing lifestyle, and reclusiveness. This is the book that breaks through the image to get at the man. Originally published under the title Empire: The Life, Legend, and Madness of Howard Hughes.

Terry Moore, film star and Hughes' former wife, brings to life the lusty, steamy, romantic side of this enigmatic figure, revealing a gentler side of the man remembered by most people solely for his eccentricites and personal excesses. From the gutter to the glitter of Hollywood on opening night, their time together was the stuff of which dreams were made. Photos.

Nobody was closer to the source of Howard Hughes's vast influence than Robert Maheu, and nobody witnessed his catastrophic descent more closely. Maheu made all Hughes's business deals and represented him and his holdings to the outside world for 13 years. Now he tells the shocking true story behind the life and death of this powerful man. Photographs.

Howard Hughes was America's first billionaire. He was an Aviator (As seen in the movie about him 'The Aviator') He was an Oscar winning Motion Picture Producer, He owned TWA and Hughes Air West, Six hotels in Las Vegas and one in Reno, Hughes Tool Co. in Houston, TX and The RKO Motion Picture Studios, in Hollywood. Hughes spent his later years surrounded by Mormon aides who insulated him from outsiders. It's the true story of Howard Hughes' last years.

The True Story of Howard Hughes in Las VegasHoward Hughesâ 17 years of Las Vegas secrets exposed by Ron Laytner through interviews with Robert Maheu who ran Las Vegas for the billionaire - with photos and updates 2007