Eighty Days: Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland's History-Making Race Around the World
- ISBN-10
- 0345527275
- ISBN-13
- 9780345527271
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 465
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2014-03
- Publisher
- Ballantine Books
- 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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- 2013-02-26
- 480 pages
- Ebook
- Ballantine Books
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- 2013
- 449 pages
- Paperback
- Random House Digital, Inc.
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