Dan Rattiner - On Location: The Plaza in Montauk

Meet the author at the gazebo on the plaza in Montauk to learn about eastern Long Island’s connection to one of the wealthiest, most eccentric and secretive men in history, Howard Hughes. The reclusive Hughes is rumored to have stayed in the penthouse apartment atop the tallest building on eastern Long Island. The chapter is called ’Clifford Irving and Howard Hughes’ and it describes the sensational literary hoax carried out by local author Clifford Irving and popularized by the 2006 Richard Gere film The Hoax, which ended with Clifford serving time in prison.