Boxes the Secret Life of Howard Hughes - Softcover

Douglas Wellman

Softcover

ISBN 10: 160808017X ISBN 13: 9781608080175

Publisher: WriteLife® Publishing, 2010

Synopsis

Eva McLelland was good at keeping secrets, and she had a big one. Sworn to secrecy for thirty-one years until the death of her husband, Eva was at last able to come forward and share a story that turns twentieth century history on its head and fills in puzzling blanks in the mysterious life of the tycoon Howard Hughes. How could Hughes appear to witnesses as an emaciated, long finger-nailed, mental incompetent, yet fly a jet aircraft four months later? How could a doctor describe him as looking like a "prisoner of war," when at the same time investment bankers, politicians, and diplomats who met him said he was articulate and well-groomed? The answer is a perfect example of the brilliance of the elusive billionaire. He simply found a mentally incompetent man to impersonate him, drawing the attention of the Internal Revenue Service and an army of lawyers who pursued him, while he conducted his business in peace from Panama with his new wife, Eva McLelland. Sound fantastic? It is. However, after seven years of research and verification, Eva's story produces the final pieces in the mysterious puzzle that was Howard Hughes. Douglas Wellman has been a television producer and director in Hollywood since 1980. He is currently Assistant Dean of the School of Cinematic Arts at the University of Southern California. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Deborah.

About this title

About the Author:

Douglas Wellman is the author of Boxes: The Secret Life of Howard Hughes (WriteLife, 2010). Wellman has been a television producer and director in Hollywood since 1980 and is the former Assistant Dean of the School of Cinematic Arts at the University of Southern California

Review:

Hmmmm?,, Howard is always so fun to read! Life is stranger than fiction and this is strange. --Karen Ruedisueli on NetGallery

About this edition

• Publisher: WriteLife® Publishing
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 160808017X
• ISBN 13: 9781608080175
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192