Hell Before Breakfast: America's First War Correspondents

by Robert H. Patton

Book Overview

From acclaimed historian Robert H. Patton, author of The Pattons and Patriot Pirates, a rediscovery and celebration of America's 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 wasn't long before others saw it differently. Hell Before Breakfast is the spectacular tale of larger-than-life Americans who...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1101910496
• ISBN13: 9781101910498
• Release Date: June 2015
• Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.2" x 8.0"