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Mrs. Kennedy and Me

By: Clint Hill, Lisa McCubbin Hill
Narrated by: Jeremy Bobb
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Summary

He called her Mrs. Kennedy. SHE called him Mr. Hill.

For four years, from the election of John Fitzgerald Kennedy in November 1960 until after the election of Lyndon Johnson in 1964, Clint Hill was the Secret Service agent assigned to guard the glamorous and intensely private Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy. During those four years, he went from being a reluctant guardian to a fiercely loyal watchdog and, in many ways, her closest friend.

Now, looking back 50 years, Clint Hill tells his story for the first time, offering a tender, enthralling, and tragic portrayal of how a Secret Service agent who started life in a North Dakota orphanage became the most trusted man in the life of the First Lady who captivated first the nation and then the world.

When he was initially assigned to the new First Lady, Agent Hill envisioned tea parties and gray-haired matrons. But as soon as he met her, he was swept up in the whirlwind of her beauty, her grace, her intelligence, her coy humor, her magnificent composure, and her extraordinary spirit.

From the start, the job was like no other, and Clint was by her side through the early days of JFK's presidency; the birth of sons John and Patrick and Patrick's sudden death; Kennedy-family holidays in Hyannis Port and Palm Beach; Jackie's trips to Europe, Asia, and South America; Jackie's intriguing meetings with men like Aristotle Onassis, Gianni Agnelli, and André Malraux; the dark days of the year that followed the assassination; to the farewell party she threw for Clint when he left her protective detail after four years. All she wanted was the one thing he could not give her: a private life for her and her children.

Filled with unforgettable details, startling revelations, and sparkling, intimate moments, this is the once-in-a-lifetime story of a man doing the most exciting job in the world, with a woman all the world loved, and the tragedy that ended it all too soon - a tragedy that haunted him for 50 years.

©2012 Lisa McCubbin, Clint Hill (P)2012 Simon & Schuster

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"With clear and honest prose free of salaciousness and gossip, Hill (ably assisted by McCubbin) evokes not only a personality both beautiful and brilliant, but also a time when the White House was filled with youth and promise. Of the many words written about Jacqueline Kennedy, these are among the best." ( Kirkus)

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Amazing

Brilliant, please buy this book. You will be lost in the narrators voice (sounds a bit like Rob Lowe) it's soothing. This book does'nt go in for gossip but tells the story of Jackie Kennedy during her time as The First Lady by her own Secret Service guard. I really really enjoyed this book and didn't want it to end. I highly recommend it.

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best memoir I have ever read

one of the most captivating memoirs I have ever read. I knew her story, only by report in newspaper, but this tells an intimate story of the real Jackie Kennedy

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'Oh Mr Hill'

Did you have an emotional reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

Yes it made me cry, especially on the death of baby Patrick & the aftermath of the assassination and funeral. Also having read other books about the Kennedy's I can't make up my mind whether John Kennedy was an utter rascal or just a flawed man

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Clint Hill stuck really well to the context of devoted security man rather than delving into other gossipy conjecture about what Mrs Kennedy though of this or that

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Mrs. Kennedy and me

What a great listen; Through the words of a man that was maybe closer to Mrs. Kennedy than the President was. All her joys, sorrows, and worries, are told explicitly.

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Sycophantic

Nothing to say really except the general tone of the book was quite dull when it wasn't being servile.

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Fantastic read

Definitely would recommend. Beautifully written, a very touching tribute to Jackie Kennedy and of course JFK.

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Have tissues close by

Ever since I can remember I’ve been fascinated and a little bit in love with JFK and watch and read as much as I can about his life. I’m not ashamed to admit I couldn’t stop listening to this book and I cried. It’s told by a man who obviously loved Jackie. The narrators voice is soothing and just adds to the story.

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This isn't very intimate

I am three hours into this book and can't make up my mind whether to bother finishing it - never a good sign. Although the narrator has a lovely voice, and despite the fact that I am interested in the life of Mrs Kennedy, I don't feel like I am getting much insight. The book is simplistic in its style of writing - almost as if it has been written for children - so is an easy listen. But almost too easy. It's fairly obvious that Mr Hill, her Secret Service agent, was besotted with her and can't help but show her in her best light. But although being constantly by her side, I don't feel (yet) like he really knew her - we're definitely getting a 'best version' of Mrs Kennedy, and there's very little depth. It's more like I'm being guided through a diary of her engagements - where she stayed, the people she met, the things she liked to do. Think I may give up on this one.

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interesting book, beautifully told

I loved this book - it was a unique insight into JBK time in the White House. There’s no big revelations or anything damaging - it’s very respectful. The narrator voice is amazing

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Lee Harvey Oddball.... I don't think so!

Definitely one of the best books I've listened to. If you can get passed the narrator constantly referring to Caroline as care-line and the authors propensity for repeating himself and the rather sickening deference... Mr Hill.... Yes Mrs Kennedy... Over and over again, oh and when referring to The Black Watch as wearing PLAID kilts (as a Scot born in Edinburgh but lived in Perth where The Black Watch originate from and where my only Son was born) offended me its TARTAN not PLAID!! All of that said, I listened to this book almost all at once, I couldn't leave it, the narrator was easy to listen to and the story compelling. Suffice to say, I'm pretty sure Clint Hill was very much in love with Jacqueline Kennedy. First Audio book I've listened to (I have 268 in my library) that actually made me cry. Just for the record, I think LBJ, the mafia and the CIA, particularly J Edgar Hoover were involved in the Assassination, I don't believe Lee Harvey Oddball was capable of shooting the skin off a rice pudding. Thoroughly recommend this book.

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