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A review by komet2020
My Travels with Mrs. Kennedy by Lisa McCubbin Hill, Clint Hill
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
My Travels with Mrs. Kennedy is a life affirming, informative, and photo-rich book in which Clint Hill, a former Secret Service Agent who was in charge of the security detail for First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy from 1961 to 1964.
Hill shares with the reader his impressions of Mrs. Kennedy and the people in her circle whom he encountered during the travels she took to France (a state visit with President Kennedy), India, Pakistan, the UK, Latin America (state visits to Venezuela and Mexico with President Kennedy), Italy, Morocco, Middleburg VA where Mrs. Kennedy could indulge her love for horses and horseback riding, to the home in Wexford VA which the Kennedys had rented as a weekend getaway from the White House, as well as the various places where Mrs. Kennedy travelled or spent time within the year following the assassination of President Kennedy.
Many of the photos in this book come from Hill's personal files (which he had not looked upon for decades) and had never before been published.
I very much enjoyed reading this book, which I found deeply moving. In reading My Travels with Mrs. Kennedy, I felt myself a part of these travels and what I have learned about Mrs. Kennedy and the way she carried herself and related to people, has deepened my respect and admiration for this woman who had to weather a lot of personal tragedy while in the public eye.
Hill shares with the reader his impressions of Mrs. Kennedy and the people in her circle whom he encountered during the travels she took to France (a state visit with President Kennedy), India, Pakistan, the UK, Latin America (state visits to Venezuela and Mexico with President Kennedy), Italy, Morocco, Middleburg VA where Mrs. Kennedy could indulge her love for horses and horseback riding, to the home in Wexford VA which the Kennedys had rented as a weekend getaway from the White House, as well as the various places where Mrs. Kennedy travelled or spent time within the year following the assassination of President Kennedy.
Many of the photos in this book come from Hill's personal files (which he had not looked upon for decades) and had never before been published.
I very much enjoyed reading this book, which I found deeply moving. In reading My Travels with Mrs. Kennedy, I felt myself a part of these travels and what I have learned about Mrs. Kennedy and the way she carried herself and related to people, has deepened my respect and admiration for this woman who had to weather a lot of personal tragedy while in the public eye.