Wounded Warrior: The Rise and Fall of Michigan Governor John Swainson

by Lawrence M. Glazer

Book Overview

Few people today remember John Swainson. As a teenage soldier he lost both legs in a WWII landmine explosion. Back in the United States, following a meteoric political rise in the Michigan State Senate, Swainson was elected as Michigan's youngest governor since Stevens T. Mason.
In 1970 Swainson was elected to the Michigan Supreme Court, becoming one of the few public officials to have served in the legislative, executive, and judicial branches...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0870139711
• ISBN13: 9780870139710
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Michigan State University Press
• Length: 322 Pages
• Weight: 1.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.3"