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Title: Howard Hughes And His Flying Boat by Charles Barton, Charles Barton ISBN: 0-9663175-0-5 Publisher: Charles Barton Incorporated Pub. Date: February, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (3 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent Book
Comment: I was initially put off by the title, thinking that this might be written for junior readers. But once I began reading it I realized that this was far from the truth.
The book is very well written, and very informative. It gives a very mature insight into the HK-1 project, as well as Howard Hughes himself.
I highly recommend this book to anybody wanting a detailed account of the events pertaining to Howard Hughes and His Flying Boat.
Rating: 5
Summary: BARTON CAPTURES THE GENIUS OF HOWARD HUGHES & SPRUCE GOOSE
Comment: During the last 30 years I've had the rare opportunity to read every known autobiography ever published on Howard Hughes, along with incalculable magazine and newspaper articles. In fact, only recently, my "Letter-to-the-Editor", regarding the major overlook as Hughes as one of the Top 20 industrialist of the 20th Century...appeared in the 1998 Man-of-The-Year issue of Time magazine. I guess you may call me a Hughesonian? With this in mind, I must rate Charles Barton examination at the life of Howard Hughes in his 276-page book titled, "Howard Hughes and his Flying Book", as the finest ever published to date. While Barton does not touch on or go into great depth on Hughes' life in motion pictures, Las Vegas, the oil business or any of the plethora of activities the genius of Hughes took on, he does give you an amazing insight into Hughes and the building of the Spruce Goose. It takes a brave writer to delve into the life of Hughes. Few man, if any, have left such a legacy which include multi-billion dollar corporations. I myself have written and published more than 25,000 articles, yet to tackle and succeed with a story on Hughes would be a challenge only worthy of a dedicated and admirable writer like Barton. Not only is Barton a wordsmith but he has done extensive research on Hughes and his association with the Spruce Goose. You are literally taken into the mind and world of Howard Hughes and his associates. Unlike other Hughes biographies which paint just a bizarre human being, we see, true an eccentric man, but one who knew what he was doing and was always one step ahead of the game. While the construction of an enormous airplane like the Spruce Goose might be only of interest to engineers, the reader is brought to believe that the Spruce Goose had a life of it's own...an extension of Hughes. All bases are covered in "Howard Hughes and his Flying Boat" which includes one of the most extensive collection of Hughes photographs ever published along with a catchy book cover drawing of Hughes and his Spruce Goose. Rumour has it that actor Nicholas Cage has in the works to do an epic movie on the life of Howard Hughes. I recommend that Cage, if looking for an Oscar, read over this epic tale of the Hughes, the aviation genius.
Rating: 5
Summary: More Than The Story Of A Big Wooden Plane
Comment: This book was written by, and with, aircraft pilots in mind, but you don't have to be a pilot to enjoy reading it. It covers all aspects of Hughes' brilliance, life at the time, quirks, and headaches with the US Government over the "white elephant" that came to be known as the "Spruce Goose". Terrific reading for anyone who wants to know more about Hughes, or this amazing feat of design. A thoroughly enjoyable and satisfying read. This book may still be available at the souvenir stand if you should go to see the Flying Boat in person in California.
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Title: Hughes: The Private Diaries, Memos and Letters : The Definitive Biography of the First American Billionaire by Richard Hack ISBN: 1893224643 Publisher: New Millennium Press Pub. Date: 01 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: Empire: The Life, Legend, and Madness of Howard Hughes by Donald L. Barrett, James B. Steele ISBN: 0393000257 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: 01 January, 1981 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: The Asylum of Howard Hughes by Jack Real ISBN: 1413408761 Publisher: Xlibris Corporation Pub. Date: 01 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $32.99 |
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Title: Flying Boats & Seaplanes: A History from 1905 by Stephane Nicolaou ISBN: 0760306214 Publisher: Motorbooks International Pub. Date: 01 November, 1998 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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