Unauthorized biography of howard hughes

After returning the money he had taken, Irving spent a short time in jail. When he got out he wrote the true account of how he had almost gotten away with writing the fake autobiography of Howard Hughes. The fake autobiography itself never saw the light of day until it was published on the internet in Literary Hoaxes Fake Memoirs Hoaxes of the s.

I know a lot about the inside story of this hoax as well as the other goings on in Ibiza at the time including the fakes of Elmyr de Hory The film with Richard Gere is somewhat exaggerated though. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. Used - Hardcover Condition: Fair. Condition: Fair.

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Unauthorized biography of howard hughes

Albert B. Published by Dell. Used Condition: Good. Condition: Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Published by Lyle Stuart January , Seller: Dunaway Books , St. Louis, MO, U. Used - Hardcover Condition: Acceptable.

Condition: Acceptable. Published by Lyle Stuart Inc, Used - Hardcover Condition: Good. B; , top spine contents very good, good dust jacket-some edgewear, tear at. Published by Lyle Stuart, New York, The investigation [ edit ]. Confession and trial [ edit ]. Film [ edit ]. Main article: The Hoax. Later life and death [ edit ]. Legacy [ edit ].

Bibliography [ edit ]. References [ edit ]. February 15, The New York Times. Retrieved The Valley. November Simon and Schuster. ISBN Retrieved — via Books. Time, Inc. ISSN Time , February 21, The Guardian. Summit Books. Retrieved May 15, Retrieved May 17, February 14, Archived from the original on October 11, The Telegraph. Archived from the original on Irving, already a published author, was searching for a new book topic when a magazine article gave him a jolt of inspiration.

Irving says that his researcher, Dick Suskind, and his wife at the time, artist Edith Irving, joined him in hoodwinking his publishers into believing that Hughes had chosen Irving to tell his remarkable life story. At the time, Irving was a relatively obscure writer -- even more astounding, Irving persuaded McGraw-Hill to give him the advance check made out to Hughes.

Can I be involved? Can I play too? Stream on.