Mrs kennedy and me is the tale of clint hill, a young secret service agent who was stationed to work with the iconic jacqueline kennedy through her years in the white house, and through the assassination of her husband, jfk. The occasion was a brief discussion of clint hill s short new memoir, mrs. Clint hill on the presidential limousine moments after kennedys assassination. Former united states secret service agent clint hill discusses his recent historical narrative titled mrs. Clint hill, who served five presidents in the secret service. He and four other former secret service agents have broken their vow. Hill, then 73 and with zero want or desire to write a book a sort of badge of honor that he carried for decades, was angered. Kennedy and me book by clint hill, lisa mccubbin official. Clint hill clint hill is a retired united states secret service agent who will forever be remembered for his courageous actions in the presidential motorcade during the john f.
Secret service agent who served five presidents and was. Fortyseven years after the assassination of president john f. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or. The compelling account is the first time mr hill, now in his late seventies, has spoken about the incident. While clint hill s heroic actions were memorialized in the zapruder film of the assassination, he was haunted by the presidents death for many years. I saw president kennedy speak in cleveland during the 1960 campaign. Clint hill has 12 books on goodreads with 63326 ratings. Turns out, the man sipping the pink cocktail with yours truly is the agent who threw himself over jackie kennedy in 1963, two seconds after her husband was assassinated in dallas. Early in his time with the secret service, which spanned five presidencies, he was the agent assigned to first lady jacqueline kennedy. This he said corresponded to the exit wound at the throat. Former secret service agent clint hill, who was in president kennedy s motorcade in dallas, discussed his new book with coauthor lisa mccubbin. Kennedy assassination, hill remained assigned to mrs. Hill born january 4, 1932 is a former united states secret service agent who. Secret service with eight videos in the cspan video library.
The most chilling detail recounts jackie kennedy jumping onto the back of the car in order to retrieve a piece of the presidents skull. Clint hill, who was in jacqueline kennedy s secret service detail, on the back of the limousine moments after the shooting on nov. That said, it is best to take some of his preassassination reenactments of statements made by others with a huge grain of salt, while also notingwith interestthose assassination and postassassination revelations and statements that do ring true and are of interest to all, writes vince palamara. Then gently rolling the president over to one side, he pointed out a wound in the upper back, at the neckline quite small. Clint hill was there, on duty, through five presidents. I picked the book up in the store about three weeks ago and read the three or so pages that everyone naturally turns to. You know clint hill, even if you dont know you know him. Secret service agent clint hills vow lisa mccubbin. For 50 years, clint hill never forgot how the world stopped for four days, as he puts it. Kennedy and the children until after the 1964 presidential election.
Kennedy, apparently in shock, was crawling onto the flat rear trunk of the moving limousine. Kennedys and king clint hill, with lisa mccubbin, five. Jan 29, 2014 united states secret service agent, assigned to protect united states first lady, mrs. Kennedy was reaching for a piece of the presidents skull which had been blown off. Clint hill was raised in the tiny town of washburn, north dakota. Clint hill is the new york times bestselling author of mrs. Clint hill, who infamously is the agent clinging to the back of the convertible while jackie kennedy reaches across the trunk of that car to collect pieces of her husbands brain.
After an extraordinary career as a special agent on the white house detail, clint hill retired in 1975. Was born i was responsible for protecting the people in his life that mattered most to him. A conversation with secret service agent clint hill. Clint hill five presidents book excerpt secret service. C and now, at age 84, hes a contented resident of tiburon. The other thing that made me realize the book was really good was the fact that clint was the secret service agent that jumped on the back of the car the moment after kennedy got shot and threw himself over the top of jackie kennedy. See more ideas about jfk, united states secret service and jackie kennedy. Five presidents with clint hill and lisa mccubbin youtube. This is a beautifully written book and a wonderful tribute to jacqueline kennedy. Unlike the kennedy detail, clint hill has written again, with lisa mccubbin a fine book.
Jerry blaine, the kennedy detail according to jerry blaine, the author of the kennedy detail 2010, his purpose in. Save clint hill signed book to get email alerts and updates on your ebay feed. If you ask him the standard question where were you when you heard president john f. A former secret service agent who was in the presidential motorcade during the john f. Clint hill books list of books by author clint hill thriftbooks. Agents reports contradict jfk film, autopsy xrays and other crucial photographs jim fetzer in the midst of the mayhem the agents were calm, but ready to react in a millisecond if anything got out of hand.
This book is a very sanitized, polite version of the inner circle of the kennedys. Kennedy, the one vivid image that never leaves clint hills mind is that of president kennedys head. Jackie kennedy s secret service agent recalls the day jfk jr. Hill remembers how, once there, mrs kennedy lovingly. An intimate memoir, hill reveals gruesome details of the day john f. Later, his book recounts, mr hill accompanied mrs kennedy and robert kennedy to see the body. Kennedy and me, and five days in november, clint will include one of his coveted the clint cocktail cards. See all books authored by clint hill, including mrs. What blaine has actually done, however, moves us further toward the truth by revealing that the words of clint hill, the only agent to respond during the assassination, contradict his actions as shown in the zapruder film, in which his efforts to protect jackie kennedy are among its most indelible features. Clint hill s description of what happened during the shots in dallas, on elm street, on november 22, 1963, when he ran from the left. Clint hill books list of books by author clint hill. The clint covid19 cocktail card special limited time offer. Its been 56 years since president john f kennedy was assassinated and sent a nation into mourning and not a day goes by that former secret service agent clint hill doesnt think about it. My extraordinary journey with eisenhower, kennedy, johnson, nixon, and ford hardcover five days in november paperback only mrs.
However, the party ends briefly on pages 270271, wherein hill does his best gerald blaine imitation. As a twentysomething in 1963 i remember the assassination as if it were yesterday. In his new book, clint hill describes his visit to the bethesda morgue to view president kennedys body. Seeing history through clint hill s eyes is a spectacular journey. Secret service agent clint hill breaks silence on john f. A former united states secret service agent who was in the presidential motorcade during the john f.
Clint was not only there he was in the middle of it. His career spanned the administrations of dwight d. This book is the memoir of clint hill, the secret service agent assigned to jacqueline kennedy during the kennedy administration. Kennedy was elected president of the united states, hill was. Secret service agent who served five presidents and was in the motorcade in dallas on november 22, 1963 when president john f. Hill later told the warren commission that he thought mrs. Clint, who has written three books on his time in the secret service, was then assigned to protect jackie kennedy, before being moved to protect president lyndon johnson. Hes never told about his experiences publicly until this bookand it was well worth the wait. Im still haunted by the sight of seeing there was no. An intimate memoir kindle edition by hill, clint, mccubbin, lisa. A complete set of secret service agent clint hill s and lisa mccubbins new york times bestselling books autographed by both authors. And i sat glued to our little black and white tv screen in the days following the tragedy in dallas.