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Item Details
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HOW FLORIDA HAPPENED
THE POLITICAL EDUCATION OF BUDDY MACKAY |
| By: |
Buddy MacKay, Rick Edmonds, David R. Colburn |
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Hardback |
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£31.95 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0813034841 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780813034843 |
| Publisher: |
UNIVERSITY PRESS OF FLORIDA |
| Pub. date: |
31 March, 2010 |
| Series: |
Florida Government and Politics |
| Pages: |
208 |
| Description: |
When Florida governor Lawton Chiles died unexpectedly on December 12, 1998, less than one month before Jeb Bush was to assume the office, it was left to Chiles' lieutenant governor, Buddy MacKay, to step in for twenty-three days and run the state. This memoir of Kenneth 'Buddy' MacKay focuses on three decades of his public life in Florida. |
| Synopsis: |
When Florida governor Lawton Chiles died unexpectedly on December 12, 1998, less than one month before Jeb Bush was to assume the office, it was left to Chiles' lieutenant governor, Buddy MacKay, to step in for twenty-three days and run the state. 'I take no great pleasure in this', MacKay stated at his initial news conference, with good reason. Roughly one month prior, he had lost a brutal gubernatorial campaign as the Democratic nominee to Bush, meaning he now had to officiate over the investiture of a political opponent. This is Kenneth 'Buddy' MacKay's memoir of three decades of public life in Florida. It recaptures, in riveting detail, a time which saw Florida grow from a semi-rural to a mega-state, where political dominance shifted from the left to the right. "How Florida Happened", MacKay's first book, details his experiences in and influences upon Florida and national politics.As an officeholder in the Florida Legislature, the United States Congress, and at the highest levels of the executive branch of state government, he was a much sought-after source, frequently quoted by members of the press because of his ability to explain issues and enlighten the public in short, easily-understandable terms. His particularly keen eye and ear for the ironies and absurdities in government and politics as well as his brutal honesty come through in this welcome and wonderful memoir. |
| Illustrations: |
27 b/w photos |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
University Press of Florida |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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