Five Days in November
In Commemoration of the 60th Anniversary of JFK's Assassination
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In a new anniversary edition of the New York Times bestseller Five Days in November, feauturing a new afterword and photo captions, Secret Service agent Clint Hill tells the stories behind the iconic images of those five infamous, tragic days surrounding...
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In a new anniversary edition of the New York Times bestseller Five Days in November, feauturing a new afterword and photo captions, Secret Service agent Clint Hill tells the stories behind the iconic images of those five infamous, tragic days surrounding JFK's assassination, timed for the 60th anniversary of the event.
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Secret Service agent Clint Hill reveals the stories behind the iconic images of the five tragic days surrounding President John F. Kennedy's assassination in this 60th anniversary edition of the New York Times bestseller.On November 22, 1963, three shots were fired in Dallas, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated, and the world stopped for four days. For an entire generation, it was the end of an age of innocence.
That evening, a photo ran on the front pages of newspapers across the world, showing a Secret Service agent jumping on the back of the presidential limousine in a desperate attempt to protect the President and Mrs. Kennedy. That agent was Clint Hill.
Now Hill commemorates the sixtieth anniversary of the tragedy with this stunning book containing more than 150 photos, each accompanied by his incomparable insider account of those terrible days. A story that has taken Hill half a century to tell, this is a "riveting, stunning narrative" (Herald & Review, Illinois) of personal and historical scope. Besides the unbearable grief of a nation and the monumental consequences of the event, the death of JFK was a personal blow to a man sworn to protect the first family, and who knew, from the moment the shots rang out in Dallas, that nothing would ever be the same.
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Five Days in November 1 Leaving the White House The day we left for Texas begins like countless other presidential trips. People hustling through the halls to get last-minute changes to speeches typed; secretaries and press staff clamoring to be added to the manifest of authorized personnel; the presidential staff and assistants coordinating all the details for the president and the first lady. Everyone wants to make sure this trip goes without a hitch. Not only because this unofficial start to the 1964 campaign is critically important politically, but also because First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy will be accompanying her husband on the three-day swing through the Lone Star State. Mrs. Kennedy prefers to stay out of politics and, in the three years of the administration thus far, never before has she traveled with the president on a domestic political trip. This is a first. As the Special Agent in Charge of Mrs. Kennedy's Secret Service Detail, it is my job to make sure nothing happens to her.
As with every trip the President of the United States takes, the schedule is planned to the minute. The political staff has designed the trip to maximize President Kennedy's exposure to the press and the general public, while simultaneously adding funds to the campaign coffer: grand Air Force One arrivals with plenty of pomp and circumstance; multiple motorcades through the main streets of each city; and breakfasts, luncheons, and dinners reserved for deep-pocketed donors.
Typical politics.
It was just yesterday that I returned to Washington with Mrs. Kennedy. She's spent the past several days riding her beloved horse, Sardar, at the Kennedys' newly finished residence near Middleburg, Virginia. After reviewing the typewritten schedule for the trip to Texas, she made some handwritten notes-both for her benefit and mine-about a couple of events she will not attend, and one in which she plans to make a short speech in Spanish. She uses her initials-JBK-for Jacqueline
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Bouvier Kennedy. This is typical of the way she and I operate. We have been together for three years, day in and day out, and have developed a trusting and comfortable relationship. While she prefers to be spontaneous, she knows I don't like surprises, and she knows that the more information she gives me in advance, the smoother things will go.
She also recognizes how important this trip is to her husband's reelection bid and she is eager to make a good impression. But when I see the rigorous schedule that's planned, I am concerned about her physical and emotional stamina.
It has been less than four months since Mrs. Kennedy gave birth to a baby boy-Patrick Bouvier Kennedy-who lived for just two days. The trauma of losing this son has taken its toll on both the president and Mrs. Kennedy. He, being President of the United States, has had no choice but to carry on-the world does not stop because of the death of a president's son. She, on the other hand, after spiraling into a deep depression, has finally started to return to her normal activities. The three-week cruise in the Mediterranean on the yacht Christina, back in October, helped her immensely, and I must admit, it was nice for me, too.
The death of Patrick was hard on all of us who are close to the family. And while the president and Mrs. Kennedy appear to be much closer since the tragedy-going so far as to hold hands in public-I know how stressful campaigning can be, and I certainly don't want anything to happen that might send her back to those dark days of depression. She's only just begun to smile again.
This morning, I arrive at the White House at eight o'clock, drop off my luggage with the transportation department in the West Wing basement, and head straight to my office. It isn't really an actual office, but
She also recognizes how important this trip is to her husband's reelection bid and she is eager to make a good impression. But when I see the rigorous schedule that's planned, I am concerned about her physical and emotional stamina.
It has been less than four months since Mrs. Kennedy gave birth to a baby boy-Patrick Bouvier Kennedy-who lived for just two days. The trauma of losing this son has taken its toll on both the president and Mrs. Kennedy. He, being President of the United States, has had no choice but to carry on-the world does not stop because of the death of a president's son. She, on the other hand, after spiraling into a deep depression, has finally started to return to her normal activities. The three-week cruise in the Mediterranean on the yacht Christina, back in October, helped her immensely, and I must admit, it was nice for me, too.
The death of Patrick was hard on all of us who are close to the family. And while the president and Mrs. Kennedy appear to be much closer since the tragedy-going so far as to hold hands in public-I know how stressful campaigning can be, and I certainly don't want anything to happen that might send her back to those dark days of depression. She's only just begun to smile again.
This morning, I arrive at the White House at eight o'clock, drop off my luggage with the transportation department in the West Wing basement, and head straight to my office. It isn't really an actual office, but
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Autoren-Porträt von Clint Hill, Lisa McCubbin 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. Kennedy assassination. Assigned to protect Jacqueline Kennedy, Hill remained with Mrs. Kennedy and the children for one year after the tragedy. In 2012, he penned his remarkable memoir, Mrs. Kennedy and Me, which became a #1 New York Times bestseller. Lisa McCubbin Hill is an award-winning journalist and New York Times bestselling author. She is the author of the acclaimed biography Betty Ford: First Lady Women's Advocate, Survivor, Trailblazer and coauthor (with Clint Hill) of the New York Times bestsellers Mrs. Kennedy and Me; Five Days in November; Five Presidents: My Extraordinary Journey with Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, and Ford; and My Travels with Mrs. Kennedy. She met Clint Hill while writing her first book, The Kennedy Detail: JFK's Secret Service Agents Break Their Silence (with Gerald Blaine). Previously, Lisa was a television news anchor, reporter, and talk-radio host. In 2021, Lisa McCubbin married coauthor Clint Hill. Visit her at LisaMcCubbin.com.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autoren: Clint Hill , Lisa McCubbin Hill
- 2023, 288 Seiten, Maße: 19 x 23,8 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: Simon & Schuster US
- ISBN-10: 1668035758
- ISBN-13: 9781668035757
- Erscheinungsdatum: 22.11.2023
Sprache:
Englisch
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