The book review I am doing it on is called Five Presidents: My Extraordinary Journey with Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, and Ford by Clint Hill. This book is a biography. The setting takes place when former Secret Service Agent Clint Hill takes a job as former President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s agent, and goes on to help the next 4 presidents in keeping them safe.
The main character in this book is Clint Hill. He is probably most famously recognized as the agent who jumped on the motorcade to protect Jackie Kennedy after her husband, John, was shot by an assassin named Lee Harvey Oswald. He talks about remembering the day, August 4th, 1974 to be exact, when then-President Richard M. Nixon resigned from the Watergate Scandal.
There’s really not a plot, but Clint goes into detail on how each President in which he served treated him. When Kennedy was president, the President and the First Lady were always so nice and Clint remembers playing with Caroline and John Jr. (John-John), who is most famous for two pictures: Saluting when his fater’s casket comes, and peeking his head out of his father’s desk. He remembers always planning ahead of time for President Kennedy’s foreign trips to meet with world leaders, and Mrs. Kennedy always wanting to go shopping.
Overall, I give this book a 5 out of 5. This book depicts one man who didn’t know what was in store when he signed up for the job, and did a really good job. He will go down as a man who wanted to protect not just the President and the First Family, but everyone.