Eighty Days: Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland's History-Making Race Around the World
- ISBN-10
- 0345527267
- ISBN-13
- 9780345527264
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 449
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013
- Publisher
- Random House Digital, Inc.
- Author
- Matthew Goodman
Description
Documents the 1889 competition between feminist journalist Nellie Bly and Cosmopolitan reporter Elizabeth Bishop to beat Jules Verne's record and each other in a round-the-globe race, offering insight into their respective daunting challenges as recorded in their reports sent back home. 50,000 first printing.
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