Posts Tagged ‘Lisa McCubbin’
Five Presidents 2016 Book Tour–With Secret Service Agent Clint Hill
Clint Hill and I are counting down the days to the release of our latest collaboration, FIVE PRESIDENTS: My Extraordinary Journey with Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, and Ford, on sale May 3. Our 2016 nationwide book tour begins in New York City May 2. Seating and tickets for most events are limited, and some have already…
Read MoreSecret Service Agent Clint Hill's Vow
When I first met retired U.S. Secret Service agent Clint Hill 6 1/2 years ago, he told me two things. “I don’t talk to anybody about that day ever,” and, “I will never write a book.” Two days ago, we received our first copies of Five Presidents: My Extraordinary Journey with Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, and Ford.…
Read MoreSecret Service Agent Clint Hill recalls Martin Luther King Assassination
By the beginning of April 1968 the presidential campaign was taking twists and turns no one could have predicted. After winning the 1964 election in a landslide, President Lyndon B. Johnson had shocked the nation in a speech on March 31 by announcing he would not seek reelection. Two weeks before that, Senator Robert F. Kennedy had thrown…
Read MoreSecret Service Then and Now With Clint Hill
One of my favorite things about writing with Secret Service agent Clint Hill is going through the piles of photos he has in his personal collection. Every photo tells a story and when Clint Hill sits right beside me, pointing out details I might not have noticed, it allows me enormous insight into the challenges the Secret…
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