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" Howard Hughes was one of the most colorful figures of the twentieth century. Hughes moved to Las Vegas in 1966, although he had visited the city many times before that. In 1967, Hughes began to build his empire by purchasing four hotels and six casinos through his company, the Summa Corporation. He acquired thousands of acres of property in the Las Vegas Valley, but he was limited by governmental fears that he might monopolize the area's lodging industry. While Hughes lived in seclusion at the Desert Inn, which he had purchased outright because he had not been allowed to rent a room there, he eventually lost control of his business affairs.
In 1970, Hughes would leave Las Vegas in poor health, and would die in 1976 while on his way to Houston, Texas. Hughes had invested heavily in Las Vegas, and many other prominent people would be inspired to do so as well, due to his inspiration. Hughes almost managed to buy out the mafia's interests during his time there. At the time of his death, much of the Las Vegas Valley's land was still owned by his companies.
Hughes had developed a taste for the night life from the actions of his father, who had introduced young Howard to the pleasures of wine, women, and song, and Las Vegas certainly offered plenty of those things. "
Nathaniel Ford, Resident Scholar
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Plot
job/profession:
- businessman
Job/profession/poverty story
Yes
Period of greatest activity?
- 1950+
Subject of Biography
Gender
- Male
Profession/status:
- business executive
Age:
- long lived adults
Eccentric/Mental
Yes
Eccentric:
- eccentric
Biography of famous person?
Yes
Ethnicity
- White
Nationality
- American (!)
How sensitive is this person?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 8 (a significant amount)
United States
Yes
The US:
- West
City?
Yes
City:
- dangerous
- wealthy
Misc setting
- resort/hotel
Century:
- 1930's-1950's
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Writer's slant towards subject:
- neutral
Story of entire life, or part?
- story of set of events during life
If this is a kid's book:
- Age 16-Adult
How much dialogue in bio?
- significantly more descript than dialog
A LOT of info about personal vices?
Yes
Lot of titilating info about love life?
Yes
How much of bio focuses on most famous period of life?
- 76%-100% of book
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