tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48721985364929739162024-02-08T00:23:09.849-05:00On the DetailCo-author of MRS. KENNEDY AND ME with legendary Secret Service Agent Clint Hill, and the New York Times Best Seller, THE KENNEDY DETAIL, Lisa McCubbin comments on the writing and publishing process.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15813459452240294757noreply@blogger.comBlogger49125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4872198536492973916.post-35105717875705355132016-12-30T01:52:00.001-05:002016-12-30T01:52:50.390-05:00Happy New Year!Thank you to everyone for your support and encouragement this year. Best wishes to each and every one of you for a happy, healthy 2017.<br />
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Lisa and Clint<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15813459452240294757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4872198536492973916.post-76484181897211410542016-03-05T20:28:00.000-05:002016-03-05T20:53:11.243-05:00Clint Hill and Lisa McCubbin Book Tour 2016 for FIVE PRESIDENTS<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
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<b>2016
Book Tour</b></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Clint Hill and Lisa
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Monday, May 2 <b><span style="color: red;">BARNES & NOBLE</span></b></div>
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7:00 PM<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>2289
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>New
York, NY<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>10024<o:p></o:p></div>
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<a href="https://stores.barnesandnoble.com/event/9780061762191-0" target="_blank">Barnes&Noble Five Presidents Event</a><o:p></o:p></div>
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VIRGINIA<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>465
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>Charlottesville,
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<a href="http://www.centerforpolitics.org/clinthill.html" target="_blank">UVA Center for Politics - Clint Hill </a><o:p></o:p></div>
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2:30 – 4:30 PM 555
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AT DEALEY PLAZA<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span></span></b><a href="http://www.jfk.org/event/five-presidents-with-clint-hill-and-liza-mccubbin/">Five
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5:30 PM reception<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>411
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Wednesday, May 11<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red;">CARTER PRESIDENTIAL
LIBRARY</span></b><o:p></o:p></div>
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Center’s Cecil B. Day Chapel<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>453
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GA 30307<o:p></o:p></div>
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AUTHOR SERIES<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Seneca Street<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>Buffalo,
NY 14210<o:p></o:p></div>
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12:00 – 5:00 PM<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> Clint Hill receives </span>Honorary
Doctorate/Commencement<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>5795
Lewiston Road<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>Niagara
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<a href="http://mohistory.org/node/57698">http://mohistory.org/node/57698</a><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>Belvedere-Tiburon,
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15813459452240294757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4872198536492973916.post-85814882403427707952015-03-23T17:55:00.001-04:002015-03-23T17:55:05.132-04:00Another Lost Treasure- Aide to Jacqueline Kennedy - Provi Paredes Has Died at 90Providencia Ferrera Paredes, who was best known as longstanding personal aide to First Jacqueline Kennedy, died on Wednesday, March 18 in Washington, DC, surrounded by family and friends. She had lived 90 remarkable years.<br />
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Born in the Dominican Republic, "Provi" as she was known, came to the U.S. in 1948 at the age of 23, and four years later she met and began working for then Congressman John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts. When JFK was elected president in 1960, Provi became a U.S. citizen and accompanied the Kennedy family to the White House, to assist First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy. <br />
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When I was writing <i>MRS. KENNEDY AND ME </i>with Secret Service agent Clint Hill, he remembered Provi traveling with the First Lady on all of their trips around the word, assisting with packing, unpacking, ironing, making sure Mrs. Kennedy had everything she needed. Provi had a "delightful, cheery disposition," he says, and from their first meeting they quickly became friends. <br />
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I had the great fortune of getting to know Provi while working with Hill, and what a treat it was. She was in her late 80's the first time I spoke with her by phone, and although she still had a heavy accent, I was so impressed by the clarity of her memories and the spunk in her voice. When I finally met her in person, she embraced me as if I were a member of the family remarking, "any friend of Clint's is a friend of mine." What a rare privilege it was to sit and listen to Clint Hill and Provi reminisce about their time together with President and Mrs. Kennedy in the White House--the trip to India and Pakistan, when Provi got so scared riding up the windy, mountainous road to the Khyber Pass that the car she was riding in had to turn around; the memorable trip to Ravello, Italy the summer of 1962; summers in Hyannis Port; winters in Palm Beach; the gut wrenching morning of November 23, 1963 when Clint Hill brought Mrs. Kennedy back to the White House with the body of President Kennedy in a casket--it was one of the rare trips Provi didn't take because it was the weekend of her son Gustavo's first communion. Oh the memories--and yes, secrets--this man and woman shared.<br />
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And even though they allowed themselves to reminisce in my presence, there was an unspoken bond between them, that certain things, things both of them had experienced or witnessed, would never pass their lips. Discretion and loyalty were two things Clint Hill and Provi Paredes shared--admirable qualities that so few people today possess.<br />
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I'm saddened by the loss of Provi. Saddened for her son Gustavo who held his mother on a pedestal--adored her and protected her and cared for her until the very end. Saddened for yet one more link to Camelot, lost. But oh so very very grateful that I had the wonderful opportunity to know this lovely lady who had such a remarkable life.<br />
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Rest in peace, dear Provi. You lived your life well and with great spirit. I know Mrs. Kennedy is grateful for everything you did for her, and I can vouch that you kept her trust until the very end. <br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15813459452240294757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4872198536492973916.post-33178741539125600602015-03-02T14:29:00.000-05:002015-03-02T14:29:08.932-05:00LBJ, George Hamilton, Lynda Bird Johnson and the Secret ServiceSo, here's a quick tease from the book I'm currently writing with Clint Hill. Did you know that LBJ's daughter Lynda Bird Johnson dated actor George Hamilton? She was 21. He was 26 and a famous movie star at the time. Listen to how Hamilton describes the Secret service -- the original James Bonds. Love it!<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15813459452240294757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4872198536492973916.post-7056665751134804162014-07-22T15:07:00.000-04:002014-07-22T15:07:57.434-04:00Help Secret Service Agent Clint Hill's Grandson Fight Testicular Cancer<br />
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It's the kind of news no one wants to hear. Last fall, retired Secret Service agent Clint Hill received a text message from his then 17-year-old grandson, Jared Hill: <br />
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Jared was just beginning his senior year of high school. While his friends were attending football games and class parties, Jared was undergoing surgery, followed by chemotherapy. Due to his weakened immune system, his doctors told him he could no longer attend classes, so he had to be home schooled, with limited visitors. It was not the way any young man expects, or wants, to spend his senior year.<br />
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Testicular cancer is the most common form of cancer affecting young men ages 15 - 35, but it is also one of the most treatable cancers, as long as it is caught early. Treatment is not easy, as Jared learned, and it is expensive. <br />
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Jared's family and friends have rallied to help mitigate his mounting medical bills, and on August 9, there will be a fundraiser to help Jared and many others like him who are battling this deadly disease. All are welcome. If you cannot participate, we invite you to contribute either to Jared Hill directly, or to one of the following organizations that have helped Jared and provide support for those like him.<br />
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Sadly, another Secret Service agent, who had a remarkable career in the service of our country has died. Lem Johns was one of the agents on Vice President Lyndon Johnson's Secret Service Detail in Dallas, Texas on November 22, 1963 when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. He is seen standing in the doorway of Air Force One in the iconic photo of LBJ taking the oath of office. </div>
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Two years later, in 1965, Johns became the Special Agent in Charge of Presidential Protection. Originally from Birmingham, Alabama, Lem spoke the same language as President Johnson, both of them southerners, through and through. When Johns was promoted to Assistant Director of all protective forces, Clint Hill succeeded him in becoming the Agent in Charge of President Johnson's detail.<br />
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Clint Hill recalls Johns as an extremely dedicated agent. "He and Rufus Youngblood saved my career," Hill says. "When I first went to the ranch in 1964, President Johnson didn't want me on the detail. But Lem and Ruf convinced him to keep me on. In the end, I succeeded Lem as Agent in Charge, and President Johnson trusted me implicitly."<br />
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Lem's proudest legacy was that his son, Jeff, and then his grandson Mike, became Secret Service agents, as well.<br />
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Last week, Clint Hill and I happened to be in Austin, Texas at the LBJ Library and at the LBJ Ranch, in Stonewall, Texas, where all the Secret Service agents spent a great deal of time during the Johnson administration. Below are some additional photos of Secret Service Agent Lem Johns. <br />
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The much anticipated new book by Clint Hill and Lisa McCubbin will be released November 19. Filled with more than 170 rarely seen photographs in color and black-and-white, the first edition of FIVE DAYS IN NOVEMBER will be a collector's item. </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15813459452240294757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4872198536492973916.post-25224992409920351202013-06-23T09:39:00.001-04:002013-06-23T09:39:43.107-04:00Review of "Mrs. Kennedy and Me: An Intimate Memoir"<a href="http://historynewsnetwork.gmu.edu/articles/vaughn-davis-bornet-review-clint-hills-and-lisa-mccubbins-mrs-kennedy-and-me-intimate-memoi#.UcbzbEDual0.blogger">Vaughn Davis Bornet: Review of Clint Hill's and Lisa McCubbin's "Mrs. Kennedy and Me: An Intimate Memoir" (Gallery Books, 2012) | History News Network</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15813459452240294757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4872198536492973916.post-21206084962669302322012-11-22T10:15:00.000-05:002012-11-22T10:15:50.301-05:0049th Anniversary of the Assassination of JFKGIVING THANKS<br />
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On this Thanksgiving Day, I am thankful for my remarkable two sons, my wonderful family, great friends, and the freedoms we are privileged to have in America. For my dear friend Clint Hill, today is also a solemn day, as he remembers that dreadful day in Dallas, 49 years ago, when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. <br />
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Last week, Clint Hill and I sat down with Bob Barnard of Fox5 News in Washington DC. Please click on the link to watch. <a href="http://www.myfoxdc.com/story/20162731/49-years-after-jfk-assassination-clint-hill-recalls-tragedy-in-book#.UK4-N0DxCKk.blogger">Former Secret Service agent recounts JFK assassination</a><br />
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As we have traveled around the country, Clint and I have had the privilege to meet many men and women who currently serve in the U.S. Secret Service. We give thanks to them today, for their selfless duty and ceaseless dedication to protecting the president.<br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 12px;">Thank you so much to everyone who attended our recent event at the JFK Hyannis Museum in Hyannis, MA. We had a wonderful time meeting so many people with connections to and fond memories of the Kennedys. We would especially like to thank Ned and Charlie Crosby for arranging a very special boat tour for us in the same area where Clint used to take Mrs. Kennedy water skiing. Clint spent countless weekends in Hyannis protecting President Kennedy and the rest of the family as they sailed and enjoyed the waters of Cape Cod. You can see pictures from our time in Hyannis on our </span></span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.475778039099470.89449319.197695350241075&type=3" style="color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;" target="_blank">Facebook </a><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 12px;">page.</span></span></div>
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As previously mentioned, we are on our way to Ravello, Italy, for the 50th anniversary of Jackie Kennedy's trip there. We will be hosted by Franco Nuschese. Stay tuned for pictures and stories!</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15813459452240294757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4872198536492973916.post-4366281472775911162012-07-18T12:26:00.002-04:002012-07-18T12:26:53.093-04:00Upcoming Trip to RavelloWe are so thrilled to announce that we are headed to Ravello, Italy to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Clint Hill and Mrs. Kennedy’s trip there!<div>
<br />At a recent benefit dinner for the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund, we connected with Franco Nuschese, the owner of Café Milano, where the event was held. It turns out that Mr. Nuschese is from a town called Minori, which is located very close to Ravello. He is kindly hosting us at a reception on July 24, where we will do a slide show and video presentation for the people of Ravello. This will be our first international press event for <i>Mrs. Kennedy and Me</i>, and we are very excited about it.<br /> <br />You can see pictures from the event where we connected with Mr. Nuschese, and read a wonderful article about <i>Mrs. Kennedy and Me</i>, in <a href="http://www.washingtonlife.com/2012/07/17/pollywood-mrs-kennedy-and-me/">Washington Life Magazine</a>.</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15813459452240294757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4872198536492973916.post-30981896584957183202012-06-29T18:28:00.000-04:002012-06-29T18:28:13.916-04:00Jackie Kennedy Exhibit Opens TodayA summer exhibit called "Jackie Kennedy--Life on Cape Cod" opens today at the JFK Museum in Hyannis, MA. It includes photographs, letters, and artifacts from the time she spent in Hyannis throughout her life. You can find more information about the exhibit <a href="http://barnstable-hyannis.patch.com/articles/jackie-kennedy-exhibit-opens-at-jfk-museum-today" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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We are looking forward to visiting Hyannis for a presentation and book signing on July 15. We will be participating in the JFK Hyannis Museum <a href="http://jfkhyannismuseum.org/index.php/2012/06/mrs-kennedy-and-me/" target="_blank">Speaker Series</a> at the Fellowship Hall of the Federated Church, Main Street. Hope to see you there!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15813459452240294757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4872198536492973916.post-67907688793547183252012-06-28T11:33:00.000-04:002012-06-28T11:33:11.756-04:00Upcoming Book Signing Events<br />
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Thank you to Dan Rea for having us on "Nightside" while we were in Boston for the book signing at the <a href="http://www.jfklibrary.org/" target="_blank">John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum</a>. This was originally broadcast live on May 22, 2012.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15813459452240294757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4872198536492973916.post-13089538375841682272012-05-29T12:06:00.000-04:002012-05-29T12:06:52.836-04:00Remembering JFK's Final Birthday on the Yacht Sequoia<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> F</span></b>orty-nine years ago, on May 29, 1963, first Lady Jacqueline Kennedy wanted to celebrate President Kennedy's 46th birthday in a very special way. She knew he was always happiest when he was on the water, and surrounded by family and friends, so she organized an evening cruise aboard the presidential yacht, <i>U.S.S. Sequoia</i>.<br />
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In his memoir, <i><b><a href="http://www.mrskennedyandme.com/" target="_blank">Mrs. Kennedy and Me</a> </b></i>(Gallery/Simon and Schuster, April 2012), Secret Service Agent Clint Hill remembers the evening in great detail.<br />
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<i>It was a dreary, rainy evening, making the open-air top deck unusable, so everybody was crammed inside the main and aft salons. While Agents Floyd Boring, Ron Pontius and I stood post on the exterior walkways, the guests inside dined on roast filet of beef and 1955 Dom Perignon champagne. People were in lively spirits to begin with, and as the night wore on, and the champagne flowed, the party got louder and livelier. There were plenty of toasts, and after birthday cake at the dining table, the president opened presents in the aft salon. Then the dancing started. They were doing the twist, the cha-cha, and everything in between. I don't think I had ever seen the president and Mrs. Kennedy having more fun. . . Nobody wanted the night to end. </i><br />
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Tonight, May 29, 2012, I am privileged to join Clint Hill as he relives that historic birthday party aboard the Sequoia for a special memorial cruise with distinguished guests. I can hardly wait! <br />
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Check back here for details and photos tomorrow.<br />
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Happy Birthday, Mr. President. Your legacy continues.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15813459452240294757noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4872198536492973916.post-87857829823465408192012-04-18T19:20:00.000-04:002012-04-18T19:20:08.565-04:00Mrs. Kennedy and Me #2 on NYTimes Best Seller List<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Clint Hill and I had barely checked into our hotel in Dallas this afternoon when we got a call from our editor, Mitchell Ivers, at Gallery Books. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">"In its second week, <i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Mrs. Kennedy and Me</span></i> is #2 on the New York Times Best Seller List," he said. "Congratulations!"</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">We are here in Dallas for a presentation tomorrow, April 19, 2:00 pm at the Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza. Mr. Hill and I are thrilled that people are enjoying the book and that his moving story is resonating with readers of all ages. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">We've been on a whirlwind book tour with stops in New York City, Kansas City, San Diego/La Jolla, San Francisco/Corte Madera, and now Dallas. Up at 4:30 am for early morning live television interviews and going non-stop many days until 10:00 pm after a book signing event. I am having a tough time keeping up with Mr. Hill!</span><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15813459452240294757noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4872198536492973916.post-25046361470631312162012-04-13T16:56:00.001-04:002012-04-13T16:59:54.099-04:00Thank you, Liz Smith!<a href="http://www.newyorksocialdiary.com/node/1907954#.T4iSlSb0l3w.blogger">4.13.12: LIZ SMITH: Clint Hill's Tender and Loving Memories ... | New York Social Diary</a><br />
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What should you read this weekend? USA TODAY's picks for book lovers include a memoir by Jacqueline Kennedy's <a href="http://content.usatoday.com/topics/topic/Organizations/Government+Bodies/United+States+Secret+Service" style="color: #00529b; cursor: pointer; font-weight: normal; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="More news, photos about Secret Service">Secret Service</a> agent, and two kids' baseball books just in time for the new season.</div>
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<b><i>Mrs. Kennedy and Me</i></b><br />By Clint Hill with Lisa McCubbin; Gallery, $26; non-fiction</div>
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It's been like Camelot all over again lately, with a flurry of books about Jack and Jackie Kennedy hitting the best-seller lists.</div>
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Now comes a "charming" memoir from Clint Hill, the Secret Service agent who was assigned to protect the first lady. Hill, now 80, became world-famous as the agent seen frantically climbing onto the back of the presidential limo the day <a href="http://content.usatoday.com/topics/topic/JFK" style="color: #00529b; cursor: pointer; font-weight: normal; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="More news, photos about JFK">JFK</a> was assassinated.</div>
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Hill's great affection for the first lady shines through.</div>
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<b>USA TODAY says *** ½ out of four.</b> "An insightful and lovingly penetrating portrait of the Jacqueline Kennedy that Hill came to know."</div>
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On April 5, I squeezed in a quick interview with Arthur Kade at the Peninsula Hotel in New York City about what it was like to write the book, MRS. KENNEDY AND ME, with Secret Service Agent Clint Hill. The laughter, the tears, and re-living the memories. <br />
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NBC Nightly News clip of Savannah Guthrie's poignant interview with Clint Hill.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15813459452240294757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4872198536492973916.post-69159507616789813522012-04-05T13:56:00.000-04:002012-04-05T13:59:22.880-04:00Secret Service Agent Clint Hill on Today ShowThank you to NBC's Savannah Guthrie and producer, Jennifer Long, from the Today Show for the respectful and beautiful story about Clint Hill and his memoir, MRS. KENNEDY AND ME. Savannah and the rest of the crew from the show were true professionals. As a former television news anchor and reporter, I know how stretched for time these people are, yet they clearly did their homework, came prepared to the interview, and put together a piece which is just as classy and elegant as Mrs. Kennedy herself. Well done Today!<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15813459452240294757noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4872198536492973916.post-5049690041964991062012-04-02T20:18:00.000-04:002012-04-02T20:18:00.964-04:00USA Today gives Mrs. Kennedy and Me Stellar Review<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMGIg9G0yGFhzxeypZgjBkuztW0nCiBxPUvarvQVinVfvImkAVSBQUSxQImAe3VF5-V8nLwJktQr2eFL17UIojB_MMHWx58t4Pgzss2_F0hXu76hp9F3DxXWFuetCOR8A09jnJxx_lO34/s1600/Image.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMGIg9G0yGFhzxeypZgjBkuztW0nCiBxPUvarvQVinVfvImkAVSBQUSxQImAe3VF5-V8nLwJktQr2eFL17UIojB_MMHWx58t4Pgzss2_F0hXu76hp9F3DxXWFuetCOR8A09jnJxx_lO34/s320/Image.jpg" width="210" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;"></span><br />
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By <a class="linkedBylineName" href="http://content.usatoday.com/topics/reporter/Don+Oldenburg" style="color: #00529b; font-weight: bold; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; text-decoration: none;">Don Oldenburg</a>, USA TODAY<div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">
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If you're a Kennedy vulture looking for scandalous scraps of hushed-up affairs, look elsewhere. Retired Secret Service Special Agent Clint Hill's charming insider's chronicle of the Kennedy years is more of a<em style="font-style: italic; font-weight: normal;">Driving Miss Daisy</em> tale that contains lots of Secret Service logistical stories and daily-life anecdotes but few startling revelations.</div>
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Not that Hill drove Mrs. Kennedy much. His job was to protect her. But this account by the Secret Service agent seen in the Zapruder film frantically climbing onto the back of the presidential limo to shield JFK and the first lady on that fateful day in Dallas is more about how a relationship between two strikingly different people in close contact evolves into genuine intimacy.</div>
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When Hill, now 80, first met Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy in November 1960, JFK had just been elected president and "Jackie" was pregnant with their first child, Caroline. Jackie was a rich girl, Mrs. Potter's School, Vassar, the Sorbonne, equestrian, married to the junior U.S. senator from Massachusetts. Clint Hill was an adopted small-town North Dakota boy, normal '50s childhood, Concordia College in Minnesota.</div>
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Hill had served on President Eisenhower's Secret Service detail and figured this reassignment to protect the next first lady was a demotion — the "Kiddie Detail." Little did he know he'd soon be accompanying Mrs. Kennedy on trips worldwide as she redefined the role of the modern first lady.</div>
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While Mrs. Kennedy's beauty, grace, intelligence and spirit quickly captivated Hill, her insistence on privacy and trying to raise her children normally are what earned his respect. He writes that he "wasn't there to be her friend," but he became one of her most trusted friends. He never uses the word, but not only did he adore her, it's clear from his book that Hill (who was married) loved her.</div>
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Yet they never ventured beyond formality. He was always "Mr. Hill," she was always "Mrs. Kennedy."</div>
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What makes this memoir memorable is that Hill was always there as the Kennedy legend evolved. He was there for Caroline's first snowman, and John-John's birth, for Thanksgivings at Hyannis Port and Christmases at Palm Beach. When Jackie's horse threw her headfirst, he raced to her side. As more than a 100,000 people lined the streets in New Delhi waving miniature American flags and cheering her, he was scanning the crowd for potential dangers. When she needed a tennis opponent, he did the best he could in his dark suit and Florsheim wingtips. While many of the book's anecdotes have previously been reported, Hill owns the point-of-view advantage.</div>
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At times, it's easy to tell where Hill's voice ends and co-author Lisa McCubbin's voice begins, such as when describing what Jackie was wearing: "an ice-blue long-sleeved silk coat with a matching whimsical beret." But McCubbin, an award-winning journalist, undoubtedly helped Hill sustain the storytelling quality of the narrative.</div>
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Nowhere in the book does that quality become more intense and dramatic than the 25 pages describing the day of the assassination and the disturbing details of Hill's eyewitness account as he climbed across the back of the limousine after hearing the first shot and seeing the president reach for his throat. What Hill saw in those seconds would haunt him forever.</div>
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As for JFK's infidelities, Hill upholds the "secret" side of his service and never even mentions any scandals. Still, the book conveys a sense of honesty and proves to be an insightful and lovingly penetrating portrait of the Jacqueline Kennedy that Hill came to know.</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15813459452240294757noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4872198536492973916.post-41971042078522734742012-03-25T08:50:00.000-04:002012-03-25T08:50:55.168-04:00Jacqueline Kennedy's historic trip to Pakistan 50 years ago today<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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50 Years ago this week, Secret Service Agent Clint Hill was with First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy in Pakistan. Here is Agent Hill (right) at the Khyber Pass.<br />
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Click below to watch this terrific video of First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy's historic trip to India and Pakistan from the JFK Library. It is amazing how much the world has changed. In MRS. KENNEDY AND ME, Clint Hill describes this incredible trip--the sights, the sounds, the challenging adventures--and reminds us of the almost inconceivable impact Mrs. Kennedy had on foreign relations. She was a true ambassador.<br />
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<a href="http://www.jfklibrary.org/Asset-Viewer/fIAu7iZTSkaxouEFejMsdw.aspx" target="_blank">Jacqueline Kennedy's Historic Trip to Pakistan and India</a><br />
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Video courtesy of John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum. <br />
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<a href="http://books.simonandschuster.com/Mrs-Kennedy-and-Me/Clint-Hill/9781451648447" target="_blank">Click here to buy MRS. KENNEDY AND ME</a><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15813459452240294757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4872198536492973916.post-57895330555547608892012-02-29T09:03:00.001-05:002012-02-29T09:03:33.210-05:00Publishers Weekly Reviews Mrs. Kennedy and Me<div>
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Clint Hill with Lisa McCubbin. S&S/Gallery, $26 (352p) ISBN 978-1-4516-4844-7</div>
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In November 1960, Hill, who had been on President Eisenhower’s Secret
Service detail, wasn’t looking forward to his new assignment—which he
viewed as a demotion—of protecting Jacqueline Kennedy. But a
disappointed Hill soon realized he was actually serving the president
“by protecting the things that were most important to him,
personally—his wife and his children.” Hill was completely won over by
the first lady’s spontaneity, curiosity, sincerity, and joie de vivre.
He accompanied her to Greece twice; on the first trip, in 1961, he was
under strict if baffling instructions from JFK to keep his wife away
from Aristotle Onassis. Hill was with Mrs. Kennedy on a Virginia hunt
where she flew headfirst over her horse and a rail fence, through the
death of infant Patrick and in Dallas when the president was
assassinated. Hill is close-mouthed about JFK’s infidelities. His book
is most valuable for his perceptive recall of the daily routine and
problems faced by the Secret Service detail. This is a worshipful,
competent insider’s glimpse of a matchless first lady whose diplomatic
skills and glamour enabled her to do the unthinkable: briefly wrest the
Mona Lisa from France. Photos. (Apr.)Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15813459452240294757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4872198536492973916.post-43913145172049600232012-02-13T00:30:00.000-05:002012-02-13T00:30:02.508-05:00Mrs. Kennedy and Me Gets Kirkus Star Review<span class="Apple-style-span" style="clear: left; color: #222222; float: left; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Kirkus Star" border="0" height="100" id="column-left-star-img" src="https://d3eoifnsb8kxf0.cloudfront.net/11q1/img/kr_star_100.png" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="100" /></span><br />
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Secret Service Special Agent Hill had not looked forward to guarding Mrs. Kennedy. The action was with the president. But duty trumped preference, and he first met a young and pregnant soon-to-be First Lady in November 1960. For the next four years Hill would seldom leave her side. Theirs would be an odd relationship of always-proper formality combined with deep intimacy crafted through close proximity and mutual trust and respect. Hill was soon captivated, as was the rest of the world, by Mrs. Kennedy’s beauty and grace, but he saw beyond such glamour a woman of fierce intelligence and determination—to raise her children as normally as possible, to serve the president and country, to preserve for herself a playful love of life. Hill became a part of the privileged and vigorous life that went with being a Kennedy, and in which Jacqueline held her own. He traveled the world with her, marveling at the adulation she received, but he also shared the quiet, offstage times with her: sneaking a cigarette in the back of a limousine, becoming her unwilling and inept tennis partner. When the bullet ripped into the president’s brain with Hill not five feet away, he remained with her, through the public and private mourning, “when the laughter and hope had been washed away.” Soon after, both would go on with their lives, but Hill would never stop loving Mrs. Kennedy and never stop feeling he could have done more to save the president. With clear and honest prose free of salaciousness and gossip, Hill (ably assisted by McCubbin) evokes not only a personality both beautiful and brilliant, poised and playful, but also a time when the White House was filled with youth and promise.<o:p></o:p></div>
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