A review by tomaind
Five Days in November by Clint Hill

5.0

This tragic day in America's history happened almost 5 years before I was born. Over the years, I have heard many stories of the assassination. This being a first person account of that fateful trip to Texas, told by Jackie Kennedy's Secret Serviceman, there were so many details I had never heard before. Starting with the day they board Airforce One to fly to Texas, this book takes us through the next five days, which ends with the day JFK is laid to rest in Arlington Cemetery. There are so many details and pictures, throughout the book, that show the happy moments, sadness and grief of those five days. Written 50 years after the assassination, Clint Hill's memory shared this time like no one ever has done before. He provides an intimate and more detailed look at some of those famous moments everyone has heard about or seen images of many times: Jackie's reaction when her husband is shot and she tries to climb out the back of the moving car, aboard Airforce One as Jackie stands by in her blood splattered dress while LBJ is sworn in as the new President and JFK Jr., on his third birthday, saluting his father's coffin. Mr. Black shares his memories and the guilt he felt for not being able to save the President. A very emotional read that brought me to tears several times.