The Price of Their Souls: The Truth About Howard Hughes and Those Who Betrayed Him
Автор:Charles R. Clotfelter Год: 2012 Издание: [не указанo] Страниц: 582 ISBN: 1892584336 Throughout the ages, wise men have maintained that the making of a bad man out of a good man is simply the size of the reward or the grandiosity of the identity achieved therein (i.e., a??every man has his price.a??) What can happen when the funds available can meet anyonea??s price? This is the very core of THE PRICE OF THEIR SOULS. The authora??s life became entwined with that of Howard Hughesa?? in 1964, on a remote road in Southern Mexico when Howard, then a stranger, committed a random act of kindness that may have saved the authora??s life. The author and Howard became friends in their two-day journey north to a more populated area, where the author could board a train. In their many discussions, Howard confided in the author that he had only eight months to live. Later in life, through his research, the author came to the realization that his long-ago benefactor had been none other than the reclusive billionaire, Howard Hughes; but not the reclusive, demented persona...
