Hughesworld: The Strange Life and Death of an American Legend
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Hughesworld is an authentic account written by a press spokesman for Howard Hughes that traces the highlights of his varied life in motion pictures and aviation but concentrates on the management struggle that followed his death in 1976.
Hughes died intestate, or without a valid will, opening up a circus of phony will documents. In addition hundreds of far-distant relatives staked claims. A first cousin, Texas lawyer William Lummis, assumed control after a long and bitter struggle with executives and lawyers who had previously managed Hughes businesses.
Hughes is shown as a brilliant aviation pioneer and aircraft designer, as well as a motion picture producer and an able if unorthodox industrialist. At one time he owed a major airline, TWA, a leading oil well drilling bit company, Hughes Tool, and a missile and electonics concern, Hughes Aircraft. In the final phase of his business life, he owned six Las Vegas hotel-casinos.
He ended as a tragic character, living secluded in pain from injuries sustained in plane crashes, rendered helpless by drugs.
Arelo C. Sederberg
Arelo C. Sederberg a former newspaper reporter, is the author of eighteen books. All of his titles currently are available on Iuniverse. He was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota and has lived in Los Angeles, New York, San Diego, and Las Vegas. He served a two-year residency in Korea and in Hokkaido, Japan in the U.S. Army. Sederberg, an English major graduate of California State College of Los Angeles, worked for the Los Angeles Times and the Los Angeles Herald Examiner as a reporter and editor. Later he was an on-air commentor and interviewer at FNN, a predecessor of C-NBC. In addition, he was a public relations spokesman for the reclusive industrialist Howard Hughes for seven years, working in Los Angeles and Las Vegas. He and his wife currently live near Raleigh, North Carolina. Sederberg has one son, James.
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