Retired church administrator, the public with intimate details of her affair with President Kennedy while she was an intern in the White House.
Mimi Beardsley Alford signed the book deal to tell her side of the story, the biography of JFK exposed their relationship six years ago.
While Kennedy experiments with people like Marilyn Monroe was a well-known affair with Miss Alford was first documented in his White House staff.
However, as a 'tall, slender beautiful high school sophomore', it is perhaps no surprise that it caught the eye of the President.
Ms. Alford said that accompanied him in the Bahamas in 1963, when he met British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan.
She also joined the president at the pool party and was once spotted hiding in the bottom of his car as he left the White House.
Kennedy was said to have almost shot his boss in the press room when he did not let her travel with the presidential party in June 1963 in Berlin, where he delivered his famous speech 'Ich bin ein Berliner ".
Miss Alford admitted to the affair in 2003 after newspapers followed her, after publishing a book titled An Unfinished Life: John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963, Robert Dallek.
He came across a mention of the matter, while examining the book, but it was not named as a mistress.
Ms. Alford said at the time: "I was 19 years old, very young, very naive, very innocent young girl."
Mimi Beardsley Alford signed the book deal to tell her side of the story, the biography of JFK exposed their relationship six years ago.
While Kennedy experiments with people like Marilyn Monroe was a well-known affair with Miss Alford was first documented in his White House staff.
However, as a 'tall, slender beautiful high school sophomore', it is perhaps no surprise that it caught the eye of the President.
Ms. Alford said that accompanied him in the Bahamas in 1963, when he met British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan.
She also joined the president at the pool party and was once spotted hiding in the bottom of his car as he left the White House.
Kennedy was said to have almost shot his boss in the press room when he did not let her travel with the presidential party in June 1963 in Berlin, where he delivered his famous speech 'Ich bin ein Berliner ".
Miss Alford admitted to the affair in 2003 after newspapers followed her, after publishing a book titled An Unfinished Life: John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963, Robert Dallek.
He came across a mention of the matter, while examining the book, but it was not named as a mistress.
Ms. Alford said at the time: "I was 19 years old, very young, very naive, very innocent young girl."
The matter ended in November 1963 and left to return to school. A few weeks later, Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas.
Miss Alford later married Anthony Fahnestock investment manager and settled in New York. The marriage ended in divorce, and Mr. Fahnestock died in 1993.
Alford, now 66, was able to keep the affair secret until the author Robert Dallek learned about collaborative research on his book.
Miss Alford later married Anthony Fahnestock investment manager and settled in New York. The marriage ended in divorce, and Mr. Fahnestock died in 1993.
Alford, now 66, was able to keep the affair secret until the author Robert Dallek learned about collaborative research on his book.
Prior to her face told her family, but now share the details in a book called Once Upon A Secret.
Despite the net amount for sixfigure published biography, agent Mark Reiter, Alford insisted it will not "kiss and tell."
He said: "It's just not the type of person that, where it will spill her guts about intimate things for the whole country to see."
Despite the net amount for sixfigure published biography, agent Mark Reiter, Alford insisted it will not "kiss and tell."
He said: "It's just not the type of person that, where it will spill her guts about intimate things for the whole country to see."
