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The number one New York Instances bestselling memoir through Clint Hill that Kirkus Reviews known as “transparent and fair prose unfastened from salaciousness and gossip,” Jackie Kennedy’s private Mystery Provider agent main points his very shut courting with the First Woman right through the 4 years top as much as and following President John F. Kennedy’s tragic assassination.
In the ones 4 years, Hill was once through Mrs. Kennedy’s aspect for one of the crucial happiest moments in addition to the darkest. He was once there for the beginning of John, Jr. on November 25, 1960, in addition to for the beginning and unexpected loss of life of Patrick Bouvier Kennedy on August 8, 1963. 3 and a part months later, the unthinkable took place.
Forty-seven years after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, the only vibrant symbol that by no means leaves Clint Hill’s thoughts is that of President Kennedy’s head mendacity on Mrs. Kennedy’s lap within the again seat of the limousine, his eyes mounted, blood splattered in every single place the again of the auto, Mrs. Kennedy, and Hill as smartly. Sprawled at the trunk of the auto because it sped clear of Dealey Plaza, Hill clung to the perimeters of the auto, his toes wedged in so his frame was once as prime as imaginable.
Clint Hill jumped at the automobile too past due to avoid wasting the president, however all he knew after that first shot was once that if extra pictures had been coming, the bullets needed to hit him as an alternative of the First Woman.
Mrs. Kennedy’s energy, elegance, and dignity over the ones tragic 4 days in November 1963 held the rustic in combination.
This is the tale, instructed for the primary time, of the person who most likely held her in combination.
