Howard: The Amazing Mr. Hughes by Noah DietrichMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
Here is an entertaining insight into Howard Hughes' life from his chief executive and assistant. Wealth, talent, and opportunity squandered in megalomania and mysophobia (germophobia) in a swirl of skirt-chasing and pipe dreams like movie epics and the Hughes H-4 Hercules "Spruce Goose". (I saw the H-4 display in the '80s.) This former CPA's insight made for some interesting asides, such as how part of the outcome of Hughes' pointless battle with Long Beach over land resulted in that community acquiring the Queen Mary and the seeking for political favor led to an ill-conceived loan to Vice President Nixon's brother. The resulting scandal sounds something like a trial run for the ITT affair, which some think a motivation for Wategate.
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