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Around The World In Seventy-Two Days And Other Writings
Nellie Bly
Penguin
May 2014
On Sale: April 29, 2014
368 pages ISBN: 0143107402 EAN: 9780143107408 Kindle: B00FX7R670 Paperback / e-Book (reprint)
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The first edited volume of work by the legendary
undercover journalist Born Elizabeth Jane Cochran, Nellie Bly was one of the first
and best female journalists in America and quickly became a
national phenomenon in the late 1800s, with a board game
based on her adventures and merchandise inspired by the
clothes she wore. Bly gained fame for being the first “girl
stunt reporter,” writing stories that no one at the time
thought a woman could or should write, including an exposé
of patient treatment at an insane asylum and a travelogue
from her record-breaking race around the world without a
chaperone. This volume, the only printed and edited
collection of Bly’s writings, includes her best known
works—Ten Days in a Mad-House, Six Months in
Mexico, and Around the World in Seventy-Two
Days—as well as many lesser known pieces that capture
the breadth of her career from her fierce opinion pieces to
her remarkable World War I reporting. As 2014 marks the
150th anniversary of Bly’s work, this collection celebrates
her work, spirit, and vital place in history.
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