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"You’re Not Howard Hughes!"

Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford

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Howard Hughes - A Memoir of a Lifetime

Clifford irving was born in New York and grew up on the balliaric island of ibitha. He lived there with his fourth wife, a swiss german artist called edith,. Their two small children, local servants and a pet monkey. Irving had just turned forty when he died from an apparent heart attack. In 19 71, that press release by mc graw hill, howard hughes had written a rollicking, thousand page account of his incredible life story. The medeor went wild. It was going to be the publishing event of the decade. There was only one problem - hughs didn't know a thing about it. I'm tim har

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