Hell Before BreakfastBy: Robert H. Patton From acclaimed historian Robert H. Patton, author of The Pattons and Patriot Pirates, a rediscovery and celebration of Americas first chroniclers of foreign war. The first war correspondent, William H. Russell of The Times of London, described himself and his profession as the miserable parent of a luckless tribe. But it wasnt long before others saw it differently. Hell Before Breakfast is the spectacular tale of larger than life