Ten Days in a Mad-House

by Nellie Bly

Overview

Nellie Bly was an American reporter best known for a record-breaking trip around the world in 72 days. Bly also undertook an assignment to fake insanity in order to be placed in an asylum. Bly wrote popular accounts of both experiences.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781495229916
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	01/17/2014
Pages:	56
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.12(d)

About the Author

Nellie Bly (1864–1922), born Elizabeth Cochran Seaman, was an American journalist, industrialist, inventor, and charity worker who was widely known for her record-breaking trip around the world in seventy-two days, in emulation of Jules Verne’s fictional character Phileas Fogg, and an exposé in which she worked undercover to report on a mental institution from within. She was a pioneer in her field and launched a new kind of investigative journalism.

Brad Ricca is the Edgar-nominated author of five books, including True Raiders, Olive the Lionheart, Mrs. Sherlock Holmes, and the award-winning Super Boys. His independent film Last Son won a Silver Ace Award. He lives in Cleveland, Ohio.

Courtney Sieh graduated from the Cleveland Institute of Art in 2016 with a BFA in illustration and an emphasis in interior architecture. Currently she is freelancing out of a swamp near Minneapolis, kept company at her drafting table by her two cats.

Editorial Reviews

"An important and vital piece of journalism... We need vivid works such as Nellie Bly’s."—Medium

“There should be no doubt in any historian’s mind that Nellie Bly was a pioneer.”—Paste Magazine

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