Hughes: The Private Diaries, Memos and Letters — The Definitive Biography of the First American Billionaire by Richard Hack

Drawing from exclusive access to Howard Hughes’s private letters, memos, and previously sealed documents, Richard Hack delivers the most revealing portrait ever written of the enigmatic tycoon. Hughes traces his journey from Hollywood producer and aviation pioneer to reclusive billionaire, exploring the ambition, genius, and madness that defined his life. Through his own words and the accounts of those closest to him, the book exposes the obsessions, romances, and fears of a man whose innovations shaped modern America but whose isolation became legendary. This is the story of brilliance undone by power and paranoia.