TY  - BOOK
AU  - Glazer,Lawrence M.
TI  - Wounded warrior: the rise and fall of Michigan Governor John Swainson 
SN  - 9781609172060
AV  - F570.25.S93 G55 2010eb
U1  - 977.4/043092B 22
PY  - 2010///
CY  - East Lansing
PB  - Michigan State University Press
KW  - Swainson, John B.
KW  - Governors
KW  - Michigan
KW  - Biography
KW  - BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
KW  - Political
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - 1951-
KW  - Electronic book
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - Biographies
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; pt. 1. The rise -- pt. 2. The fall; Electronic reproduction; [Place of publication not identified]; HathiTrust Digital Library; 2011
N2  - Overview: New evidence in the bribery trial of Michigan's once-loved but now forgotten governor and politician, 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 of state government. Then, in 1975, he was indicted on federal charges of bribery and perjury, and convicted of lying to a federal grand jury. Forced to leave the state Supreme Court and disbarred from practicing law, he became a pariah, sinking into depression and alcoholism. He virtually disappeared from public view. Lawrence Glazer re-examines the FBI's investigation of Swainson and delves into his 1975 trial in detail. He reveals new information from eyewitnesses who never testified and, in a poignant coda, relates the little-known story of Swainson's rehabilitation and return to public life as a historian
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