by Clint Hill
First published 2022
Retired Secret Service agent Clint Hill discovers a forgotten steamer trunk in his garage after fifty years. Inside lie photographs, handwritten notes, and mementos from his travels as Jackie Kennedy's protector. Hill opens these memories with coauthor Lisa McCubbin to reveal untold stories from their journeys across Europe, Asia, and South America. The book chronicles trips from Paris to London, through India, Pakistan, Greece, Morocco, Mexico, and three weeks on the Amalfi Coast. Hill describes how Jackie Kennedy became America's greatest diplomatic asset during these travels. He shares intimate moments, private conversations, and adventures that occurred as the world fell in love with the First Lady. The narrative includes the painful period after President Kennedy's assassination in November 1963, when travel helped both Hill and Mrs. Kennedy heal. Hill writes about the year he spent protecting her after the tragedy, a time he had never discussed publicly. The book contains over two hundred rare photographs, many previously unpublished, bringing these memories to vivid life.
Genres: history, 20th-century, adventure, non-fiction, biography-memoir, 21st-century
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: found-family
Setting: Amalfi Coast, Asia, Europe, Greece, India, London, Mexico, Morocco, Pakistan, Paris, South America
Period: 1963
304 pages · Hardcover · Gallery Books