The Nellie Bly Collection

Nellie Bly

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Nellie Bly was a well known American journalist near the turn of the 20th century.  Bly was best known for taking a record-breaking trip around the world in 72 days and for faking insanity so as to gain admission to a mental institution in order to study the treatment of its inhabitants.  This collection includes the following:

Ten Days in a Mad-House
Around the World in Seventy-Two Days

Disponibile da: 22/03/2018.

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