An elite team of men who shared a single mission: to protect the president of the United States. On November 22, 1963, these men failed—and a country would never be the same. Now, for the first time, a member of JFK’s Secret Service detail reveals the inside story of the assassination, the weeks and days that led to it and its heartrending aftermath. This extraordinary book is a moving, intimate portrait of dedication, courage, and loss.

The co-authors are Gerald Blaine, Special Agent of Secret Service  to JFK, and Lisa McCubbin, award-winning journalist and daughter of Gay and Wyman Harris of Belvedere. Buy the Book!

Here are vivid scenes that could come only from inside the Kennedy detail: JFK’s last words to his tearful son when he left Washington for the last time; how a sudden change of weather led to the choice of the open-air convertible limousine that day; Mrs. Kennedy standing blood-soaked outside a Dallas hospital room; the sudden interruption of six-year-old Caroline’s long-anticipated sleepover with a friend at home; the exhausted team of agents immediately reacting to the president’s death with a shift to LBJ and other key governmental figures; the agents’ dismay at Jackie’s decision to walk openly from the White House to St. Matthew’s Cathedral at the state funeral.   Click for a short video.

The authors Gerald Blaine and Lisa McCubbin plus Clint Hill, Special Agent to Jackie Kennedy, are coming to the San Francisco area in December.  Click here for details. They will swing on to the Tiburon Peninsula for a private party on Wednesday, December 1st.

The Discovery Channel will have a special The Kennedy Detail on November 22 at 9pm EST.  Click here for details.