· Librivox recording of Around the World in Seventy-Two Days by Nellie Bly. Read by Mary Reagan. This is a true account by an American woman journalist who, in , set out to see whether she could beat the fictional journey in Jules Verne’s novel, Around the . Publisher's Summary. Around the World in Seventy-Two Days, the book by Nellie Bly, chronicles her sensational day trip around the world for the tabloid newspaper, New York World. On Novem, she boarded the steamer Augusta Victoria on her journey of 23, miles with the goal of finishing in 75 days. · Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by Project Gutenberg.
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. Publisher's Summary. Around the World in Seventy-Two Days, the book by Nellie Bly, chronicles her sensational day trip around the world for the tabloid newspaper, New York World. On Novem, she boarded the steamer Augusta Victoria on her journey of 23, miles with the goal of finishing in 75 days. Around the World in Seventy-Two Days Nellie Bly. This audio reading of Around the World in Seventy-Two Days is read by. Mary Reagan. Contents. 01 - A Proposal to Girdle the Earth -
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 marks the th anniversary of Bly’s birth, this collection celebrates her work, spirit, and vital place in history. Elizabeth Cochran Seaman (May 5, – Janu), known by her pen name Nellie Bly, was an American journalist. She was also a writer, industrialist, inventor, and a charity worker who was widely known for her record-breaking trip around the world in 72 days, in emulation of Jules Verne's fictional character Phileas Fogg, and an exposé in which she faked insanity to study a mental institution from within. Around the World in Seventy-Two Days is an book by journalist Elizabeth Jane Cochrane, writing under her pseudonym, Nellie Bly. The chronicle details her day trip around the world, which was inspired by the book, Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne.
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