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Clint Hill
Five Days In November
Synopsis
On November 22, 1963, Clint Hill was riding in the presidential motorcade in Dallas, assigned to protect First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, when President John F. Kennedy was shot. In Five Days in November, Hill gives a firsthand, insider account of the assassination and the five days that followed, from the shooting through JFK's funeral and burial at Arlington National Cemetery.
Hill served as a U.S. Secret Service agent from 1958 to 1975 and was later awarded the nation's highest civilian award for bravery for his actions that day. The book is co-written with journalist Lisa McCubbin, his collaborator on the earlier New York Times bestseller Mrs. Kennedy and Me, and pairs Hill's account with more than 150 photographs documenting the events.
Five Days in November was published in 2013 to mark the fiftieth anniversary of Kennedy's assassination.
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Frequently asked questions
Does this book need to be read in a specific order with the author's other works?
This account functions as a standalone narrative focused specifically on the events of November 1963 and does not require prior knowledge of the author's other memoirs to follow the timeline.
How does this book differ from other accounts of the assassination?
The narrative is uniquely structured around more than 150 photographs, using them as a framework to provide the author's specific, clinical, and personal perspective on the logistics and emotional weight of those five days.