The Golden Years...The Florida Legislature, '70s and '80s (Book) - 7/29/2009 9:57:14 AM
"I love this book...it was a great read." CBS/WCTV,Channel 9, Tallahassee, Florida.
"The book is full of vignettes and interactions with other lawmakers and state leaders, including McKnight's relationship with two governors, Reubin Askew and Bob Graham." The New York Times, Florida Newspapers.
"...his book...is brief--refreshingly so, for a politican's memoir. McKnight's memoirs may be as relevant to today's Republican era...But the basics haven't changed, and his tales are worth the telling." The Tallahassee Democrat/Gannett News, Tallahassee, Florida.
"I must say...what an easy and delightful read...it is really a personal memoir and notes...if you have any interest in politics, and particularly Florida politics..." ABC/WTXL, Channel 7, Tallahassee, Florida.
"In what began as a memoir, "the Golden Years,"...presents Florida politics of the 1970's and '80s as a model for today's government, and raises questions of the benefits of tradition verses change." Scripps' Florida Newspapers.
"Political and legislative victories and defeats are plantively detailed and disarmingly candid, as McKnight who never shy away from telling the whole, balanced story." The Florida Bar Journal, Tallahassee, Florida.
"The book offers a fascinanting glimpse, not only into the excitement of political life in that era, but also into the mind and personality of an ambitious and successful state politican." The Florida Justice Association Journal, Tallahassee, Florida.
