Bly vs Bisland: Beating Phileas Fogg in a Race Around the World by Nellie Bly, Elizabeth Bisland, Karen Commins

Bly vs Bisland: Beating Phileas Fogg in a Race Around the World

Nellie Bly, Elizabeth Bisland, Karen Commins

400 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction adventurous inspiring reflective medium-paced
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Following the publication of Jules Vernes' novel AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS in 1873, Americans had an increasing interest in travel. World travel was becoming even easier with the faster steamships of the day. In 1888, Nellie Bly, a feisty, i...

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