TY - BOOK AU - Hack,Richard TI - Hughes, the private diaries, memos and letters: the definitive biography of the first American billionaire SN - 189322435X AV - HC102.5.H8 H33 2001 U1 - 338.7/67/092B 21 PY - 2001/// CY - Beverly Hills, Calif. PB - New Millennium Press KW - Hughes, Howard, KW - Businesspeople KW - United States KW - Biography KW - Millionaires N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 396-426) and index N2 - In presenting this biography of Howard Hughes, the author tells the story of "the man behind the myth. He was a playboy whose sexual exploits with Hollywood stars and starlets were legendary. He was a man without compassion; an entrepreneur without ethics; an explorer without maps; and ultimately, an eccentric trapped by his own insanity, sealed off from reality, who died a lonely and, until now, mysterious death."-; From the jacket ER -