Product Description
This intimate, shocking—and thoroughly unauthorized—portrait of the Hiltons chronicles the family’s amazing odyssey from poverty and obscurity to glory and glamour.
From Conrad Hilton, the eccentric “innkeeper to the world” who built a global empire beginning with a fleabag in a dusty Texas backwater, to Paris Hilton, his great-granddaughter, whose fame took off with a sex video, House of Hilton is the unauthorized, eye-popping portrait of one of Am… More >>
#1 by John Matlock on June 6, 2010 - 2:18 am
You see a lot of biographies where a bright, dedicated and ambitious businessman starts with almost nothing and uses it to build a great fortune. Conrad Hilton was one of these. He started in a small Texas town with a small hotel that he subsequently built into one of the world’s largest chains.
Later leadership of the hotel chain passed to one of his sons, Barron hilton. But now as the years have gone by, the corporation, still huge, dynamic and effective doesn’t show any person with the last name of Hilton in the management team.
Instead the remains of the wealth that was generated support the lifestyle of great grandchildren. At least one of whom, Paris has certainly generated a great deal of fame. I suspect though, that this is not exactly the fame that Conrad Hilton had in mind when he was struggling with teh fleabag hotel in Cisco, Texas.
Rating: 5 / 5
#2 by Lucy A. Torres on June 6, 2010 - 3:31 am
I am just now ordering the book so I have not read it. I did want to correct some information contained in the book. Conrad Hilton was in fact born and raised in San Antonio, New Mexico not Texas. His family were merchants in the little town and Conrad learned to speak spanish early on so he could communicate with the spanish settlers in the area.
Thanks.
Lucy A. Torres
Rating: 4 / 5
#3 by Rebecca Wilkerson on June 6, 2010 - 5:10 am
I think Paris Hilton is gorgeous I didn’t realize her family
was so crazy At least that is how the book describes them
I hoped to read more about Paris Hilton and her sister Nicky
And less about her relative Nicky Hilton The Hilton sisters
are more interesting than all the other Hilton’s
Rating: 2 / 5
#4 by Anonymous on June 6, 2010 - 6:31 am
This book is about Paris Hilton’s grandparents, parents, and aunts. It includes the grandparent’s ex-wives and husbands as well.If you want to know the history of the Hiltons then you should definately by this book. It mentions Paris in the book, but it definately isn’t just about her. This is a good book.
Rating: 5 / 5
#5 by Anonymous on June 6, 2010 - 9:17 am
House of Hilton
By Jerry Oppenheimer
Do you want to know why Paris is the way she is? Then this
book may be perfect for you because it explain the Hilton history.
However to be honest, House of Hilton was not my favorite book. I got
this book because I wanted to learn more about Paris and since the
cover said from Conrad to Paris, I thought there would be quite a bit
of information about her in it. I was disappointed they spent so much
time on other people in the family. This was an unauthorized biography which talked about all of the Hiltons and it spent more time talking about the rest of the family.
Paris is one of my favorite stars and I wanted to learn more about
her. This book showed that most of her family is wild and it is in her
blood. Conrad Hilton was the businessman who made the Hiltons what
they are today – rich hotel people. Her grandmother was a stage mother
and her grandfather an alcoholic. Her Uncle Nick made Paris look calm
since he had affairs, used drugs, and got drunk and got into fights.
Most of the Hiltons married more than once. The book talked about
other people but it was hard to follow who was who at times.
I did learn Paris went from school to school and was allowed to run
wild a lot. She got into trouble when she was young and she barely
got a degree. However she is a good business person and managed to
make money modeling and singing but she got famous from her sex tape.
Jerry Oppenheimer has written a few biographies about a few famous
people some authorized, some weren’t. In this book Jerry Oppenheimer
spoke to many people who knew the Hiltons and used a lot of periodical
resources to research this book.
This book explained a lot about the family but I had wanted to read
more about Paris and her sister. This book really went into everyone
else in the family more then them. I did not care about some of the
extended family and was disappointed because of this.
Rating: 2 / 5