The Complete Works of Nellie Bly

By Nellie Bly

This collection has all of the following works: Around the World in Seventy-Two Days Six Months In Mexico Ten Days in a Mad-House: Nellie Bly's Experience on Blackwell's Island. Feigning Insanity in Order to Reveal Asylum Horrors The Mystery of Central Park Nellie Bly (May 5, 1864 - January 27, 1922) was the pen name of American journalist Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman. 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 expos in which she faked insanity to study a mental institution from within. She was a pioneer in her field, and launched a new kind of investigative journalism.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1515145026
• ISBN13: 9781515145028
• Release Date: July 2015
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 362 Pages
• Weight: 2.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.5" x 11.0"