Kennedy and Me includes an introduction, discussion questions, and ideas for enhancing your book club. This is the story, told for the first time, of the man who perhaps held her together. Kennedy’s strength, class, and dignity over those tragic four days in November 1963 held the country together. Sprawled on the trunk of the car as it sped away from Dealey Plaza, Hill clung to the sides of the car, his feet wedged in so his body was as high as possible.Ĭlint Hill jumped on the car too late to save the president, but all he knew after that first shot was that if more shots were coming, the bullets had to hit him instead of the First Lady. Kennedy’s lap in the back seat of the limousine, his eyes fixed, blood splattered all over the back of the car, Mrs. Kennedy, the one vivid image that never leaves Clint Hill’s mind is that of President Kennedy’s head lying on Mrs. Three and a half months later, the unthinkable happened.įorty-seven years after the assassination of President John F. on November 25, 1960, as well as for the birth and sudden death of Patrick Bouvier Kennedy on August 8, 1963. Kennedy’s side for some of the happiest moments as well as the darkest. The #1 New York Times bestselling memoir by Clint Hill that Kirkus Reviews called “clear and honest prose free from salaciousness and gossip,” Jackie Kennedy’s personal Secret Service agent details his very close relationship with the First Lady during the four years leading up to and following President John F.
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