Five Presidents: My Extraordinary Journey With Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, And Ford

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A rare and fascinating portrait of the American presidency from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Mrs. Kennedy and Me and Five Days in November. Secret Service agent Clint Hill brings history intimately and vividly to life as he reflects on his seventeen years protecting the most powerful office in the nation. Hill walked alongside Presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard M. Nixon, and Gerald R. Ford, seeing them through a long, tumultuous era-the Cold War; the Cuban Missile Crisis; the assassinations of John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Robert F. Kennedy; the Vietnam War; Watergate; and the resignations of Spiro Agnew and Richard M. Nixon. Some of his stunning, never-before-revealed anecdotes include: Eisenhower s reaction at Russian Prime Minister Khrushchev s refusal to talk following the U-2 incident Johnson s virtual imprisonment in the White House during violent anti-Vietnam protests His decision to place White House files under protection after a midnight phone call about Watergate The challenges of protecting Ford after he pardoned Nixon With a unique insider s perspective, Hill sheds new light on the character and personality of these five presidents, revealing their humanity in the face of grave decisions.

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Clint Hill is the New York Times bestselling author of Mrs. Kennedy and Me, Five Days in November, and Five Presidents: My Extraordinary Journey with Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, and Ford. A United States Secret Service Agent from 1958 to 1975, Clint Hill was assigned to First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy and was in the motorcade in Dallas on November 22, 1963 when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. For his courage and swift actions that day, Hill received the nation s highest civilian award for bravery. He became the Special Agent in Charge of Presidential Protection for President Lyndon B. Johnson, and eventually became the Assistant Director of the Secret Service, responsible for all protective activities. Hill married coauthor Lisa McCubbin in 2021. Find out more at ClintHillSecretService.com. Lisa McCubbin Hill is an award-winning journalist who has been a television news anchor and reporter, the host of her own radio show, and spent more than five years in the Middle East as a freelance writer. She is the author of Betty Ford and the coauthor of the New York Times bestsellers Mrs. Kennedy and Me; Five Days in November; Five Presidents: My Extraordinary Journey with Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, and Ford; and The Kennedy Detail. In 2021 Lisa McCubbin married her coauthor Clint Hill. Visit her at LisaMcCubbin.com.

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Bestsellers in Bio & Autobiography