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Coverage: 1837-1950 Coverage: Michigan Coverage: United States Publisher: Wayne State University Press Publisher: Wayne State University Press Subject: Legislators--United States--Biography Subject: United States. Congress. Senate Date: 2002 Date: 2017 Collection: Wayne Open Book Collection Collection: Wayne Open Book Collection-
Independent man: the life of Senator James Couzens
First published in 1958 by Charles Scribner’s Sons, Independent Man is the only book-length biography of one of Michigan’s most remarkable men. His many careers embraced both the business and political spheres.
Couzens was a prominent businessman who helped shape Ford Motor Company, but he left the company when he and Henry Ford clashed over politics. Upon leaving Ford, Couzens began his political career, first serving as Detroit’s police commissioner. He went on to a controversial term as ma…