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Hangover - A Troubled Masterpiece

1/24/2016

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Mysteries, deceptions, turmoil, vicissitudes, delays and architectural challenges – they all dogged the construction and later history of Halliburton’s famed Hangover House in Laguna Beach from the time it was built in 1937-38 until the present. I took this photograph while visiting the unique structure in 1994 along with Bill Alexander, Hangover’s architect and builder. Unfortunately, Halliburton was only able to spend eight weeks living in this monumental structure before he met an untimely death in a ferocious 1939 Pacific storm that swallowed his custom built Chinese junk, the Sea Dragon.
Halliburton alternately excoriated Alexander for delays and cost overruns while he spun a much more harmonious tale about the place in letters to his parents.
Hangover’s involved story is told in chapters of my book, “A Shooting Star Meets the Well of Death, Why and How Richard Halliburton Conquered the World,” available on Amazon and most bookstores.

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Gay Apps Illinois link
10/28/2022 12:58:24 pm

Great blog post, thanks for sharing

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1/18/2025 08:40:14 am

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