Around the world in seventytwo days nellie bly audiobook. May 5, 1864 january 27, 1922, better known by her pen name nellie bly, was an american journalist, industrialist, inventor, and charity worker who was widely known for her recordbreaking trip around the world in 72 days, in emulation of jules vernes fictional character phileas fogg, and an expose in which she worked undercover to. Ten days in a madhouse is blys expose of the asylum. May 14, 2014 nellie bly, the latenineteenthcentury newspaper reporter, was, at one time, on the tip of every literate and tabloidloving persons tongue. Nellie bly was celebrated as she traveled on her final leg through america, returning on jan. Apr 27, 2012 ten days in a madhouse is a book written by newspaper reporter nellie bly and published by ian l. A brilliant book an i highly recommend that you read it. Elizabeth jane cochrannellie bly was the pseudonym of elizabeth cochrane seaman, a new york journalist whose muckraking made her a 19thcentury celebrity. Although the story of nellie bly going undercover in an asylum is truth, it reads as fiction. The animated doodle is a tribute to the pioneering reporter and. How nellie bly posed as insane in 1887 in her brave expose of asylum abuse a timeless and sobering reminder that the true measure of power is not how deftly we can assert our authority but how much kindness and compassion we can show others in their greatest moments of vulnerability. Wikipedia article, commons category ten days in a madhouse is a book written by newspaper reporter nellie bly and published by ian l.
Oct 15, 2015 around the world in seventytwo days by. Ten days in a madhouse nellie bly 1864 1922 in 1887 nellie bly, one of the first female newspaper writers, and a young reporter who would soon go on to make a career for herself as an investigative journalist and stunt reporter, had herself committed to the blackwells island insane asylum in. Ten days in a madhouse, around the world in seventytwo days and more. She expressed interest in writing a story on the immigrant experience in the united states. Inspired by jules vernes book around the world in eighty days, bly proposed to her newspaper editor that she undertake a similar adventure. Jan 17, 2017 in 1887, nellie bly had herself committed to the notorious blackwells island insane asylum in new york city with the goal of discovering what life was like for its patients. Watch around the world in 72 days american experience. She was inducted as a part of the expert team launched to better the conditions prevailing at the asylum.
Ten days in a madhouse is bly s expose of the asylum. Also departing from new york that dayand heading in the opposite direction by trainwas a young journalist from the cosmopolitan magazine, elizabeth bisland. Ten days in a madhouse, published with miscellaneous sketches. One of her more famous undertakings was a recordsetting 72day trip around the world, based on the jules verne character phileas fogg from around the world in eighty days. In this volume she chronicles her journey around the world where she broke the fictitious record of jules vernes phileas fogg, making the trip in 72 days. Around the world in seventytwo days six months in mexico ten days in a madhouse. American journalist nellie bly, born elizabeth jane cochran, is arguably best known today for spending ten days in. Nellie bly has 26 books on goodreads with 35184 ratings. The animated doodle is a tribute to the pioneering reporter and activist, who spent her life and career defending the. Just as well written and well researched, but a very different book.
Learn more about nellie bly and school programs and. Matthew goodman is the author of two other nonfiction books, the sun and the moon. On january 25, 1890, the world waited for a young reporter named nellie bly to arrive back home. Determined not to be outdone by pulitzer, cosmopolitan magazine commissioned bisland, who set out one day later, to race against both bly and time in an effort to cross the figurative finish line first. Nellie bly, born elizabeth cochran in 1864, is possibly the most wellknown female name in journalism.
Ten days in a madhouse is a book by newspaper reporter nellie bly. The chronicle details her 72day trip around the world, which was inspired by the 1873 book around the world in eighty days by jules verne. In the fall of 1888, nellie bly a young, undercover reporter pitched a story to her editorthat she would try to go around the world in eighty days or. Elizabeth jane cochrane, dite nellie bly, nee le 5 mai 1864 a cochrans mills dans le comte. A biography of nellie blys life with excellent images from the different countries that she visited on her aroundtheworld trip. Apr 26, 2016 nellie bly, born elizabeth cochran in 1864, is possibly the most wellknown female name in journalism. Nellie blys lessons in writing what you want to the new. Aug 22, 2016 nellie bly was born elizabeth jane cochran, in cochrans mills near presentday pittsburgh. She remains notable for two feats a recordbreaking trip around the world in emulation of jules vernes character phileas fogg, and an expose in which she faked insanity to study a mental institution from within. Famously, bly traveled across the world in 72 days.
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