Mrs. Kennedy and Me An Intimate Memoir

by Hill, Clint; McCubbin, Lisa

• ISBN13: 9781451648447
• ISBN10: 1451648448
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-04-03
• Publisher: Gallery Books

Summary

An intimate and fascinating memoir by Clint Hill, who spent four years as First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy’s Secret Service agent. Even today, decades after JFK’s presidency and Jackie’s death, the public continues to be fascinated with the former First Lady. Clint Hill will forever be remembered as the agent who jumped onto the car after President Kennedy was shot and clung to the sides of the car as it sped toward the hospital. Now, in Mrs. Kennedy and Me, he recounts those painful memories along with his fonder recollections of the First Lady’s strength, class, dignity, and beauty during the time he was assigned as her personal agent. Hill was by Mrs. Kennedy’s side for some of the happiest moments in her life as well as the darkest. He was there for the birth of John, Jr. as well as for the birth and sudden death of Patrick Bouvier Kennedy on August 8, 1963. Hill was there for Jackie’s first meetings with men like Aristotle Onassis, Gianni Agnelli, and Andre Malraux; Jackie’s trips to Europe, Asia, and South America; Kennedy-family holidays in Hyannis Port; and the dark days following the assassination. They addressed each other as “Mrs. Kennedy” and “Mr. Hill,” even though they were often closer to each other than they were to their respective spousesyet their relationship remained professional. An astonishing and intimate portrait, told for the first time, Mrs. Kennedy and Me is a remarkable and true story of heroism, heartbreak, and humanity.

Author Biography

Clint Hill is a former United States Secret Service agent who was in the presidential motorcade during the John F. Kennedy assassination. Hill remained assigned to Mrs. Kennedy and the children until after the 1964 presidential election. He then was assigned to President Lyndon B. Johnson at the White House. In 1967, when Johnson was still in office, he became the Special Agent in Charge (SAIC) of Presidential protection. When Richard Nixon came into office, he moved over to be the SAIC of the Vice Presidential Protective Division. In 1972, Hill was promoted to the position of Assistant Director of the Secret Service, responsible for all protective forces. He retired in 1975.

Lisa McCubbin is an award-winning journalist who has been a television news anchor and reporter, hosted her own radio show, and spent more than five years in the Middle East as a freelance writer. She is the coauthor of the New York Times bestseller, The Kennedy Detail. Visit her at LisaMcCubbin.com.

Table of Contents

1960
Meeting Mrs. Kennedy	p. 3
The Family	p. 14
A Palm Beach Christmas	p. 29
1961
Glen Ora	p. 45
Traveling with Mrs. Kennedy: Paris	p. 61
Traveling with Mrs. Kennedy: Greece	p. 73
A Summer in Hyannis Port	p. 86
Fall 1961	p. 99
Another Palm Beach Christmas	p. 112
1962
Traveling with Mrs. Kennedy: India	p. 125
Traveling with Mrs. Kennedy: Pakistan	p. 135
André Malraux and Marilyn Monroe	p. 150
Another Summer in Hyannis Port	p. 157
Traveling with Mrs. Kennedy: Ravello	p. 164
October Crisis	p. 184
The Third Palm Beach Christmas	p. 197
1963
Mona Lisa and New York City	p. 207
The Sunshine Highway	p. 215
Camp David and the Kama Sutra	p. 223
Losing Baby Patrick	p. 235
Onassis and the Christina	p. 248
Preparing for Texas	p. 265
That Day in Dallas	p. 272
Parkland Hospital	p. 294
The Funeral	p. 308
After The White House
Our Final Year	p. 325
Epilogue: May 1994	p. 337
Acknowledgments	p. 341
Photograph Credits	p. 344
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