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Independent Man: The Life of Senator James Couzens

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CONTENTS

A NOTE ON THE AUTHOR

Prologue: October 12, 1915

Book I: The Money-Making Machine

1. THE BEGINNING

2. THE CANADIAN BOY

3. THE MONEY-MAKING MACHINE, I

4. THE NEW DETROITER

5. THE COAL CLERK

6. THE FAMILY MAN

7. THE FORD MOTOR COMPANY

8. THE BUSINESS MANAGER

10. THE REALIGNMENT

11. THE MONEY-MAKING MACHINE, II

13. THE FIVE-DOLLAR-A-DAY PLAN

14. THE FINAL BREAK

Book II: The New Public Man

15. THE JOB-SEEKER AGAIN

16. THE POLICE COMMISSIONER

17. THE ODD CANDIDATE

18. THE STRONG MAYOR

19. THE PEOPLE’S MAN

20. THE BATTLE FOR M.O.

21. THE “DAMNABLE OUTRAGE”

Book III: The Senator

23. THE ONE-MAN BLOC

24. THE PLAIN-SPEAKING STATESMAN

25. THE MILLIONAIRES’ WAR

26. “THE LA FOLLETTEITE!”

27. THE CRITIC OF COOLIDGE

28. THE RESTLESS STATESMAN

29. THE MAGNIFICENT GIFT

30. THE “DANGEROUS MAN”

31. THE CRUSADER AGAIN

32. THE END OF AN ERA

Book IV: The Independent Man

33. THE BANK CRISIS

34. THE WHITE HOUSE CONFERENCE

36. “A HELL OF A MESS”

37. THE MISSION THAT FAILED

38. THE NEW DEAL ONLOOKER

39. THE INVESTIGATOR AGAIN

40. THE DELEGATE TO LONDON

42. THE NEW DEAL REPUBLICAN

43. THE UNBOWED HEAD

44. THE POLITICAL DILEMMA

45. THE INDEPENDENT MAN

46. THE TRIUMPHANT DEFEAT

47. “THE END OF THE ROAD”

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