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Around the world in seventy-two days and other writings / Nellie Bly ; edited with an introduction and notes by Jean Marie Lutes ; foreword by Maureen Corrigan.

by Bly, Nellie, 1864-1922.

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Penguin Books, 2014.

Bly, Nellie, 1864-1922. -- Anecdotes.

Journalists -- United States -- Biography.

Reporters and reporting.

Penguin classics.

Works. Selections

xxviii, 331 p. : illustration ; 20 cm.

Original articles published in the Pittsburg Dispatch, the New York World, and the New York Evening Journal.

Includes bibliographical references.

Gather up the real smart girls. The girl puzzle (1885) -- Nellie in Mexico (1886) -- Into the madhouse. Behind asylum bars (1887) -- Inside the madhouse (1887) -- Undercover again. The girls who make boxes (1887) -- The king of the lobby (1888) -- The woman question -- Woman's part in politics (1888) -- Should women propose? (1888) -- Susan B. Anthony (1896) -- Globetrotter. Around the world in seventy-two days (1890) -- On the firing line. Nellie Bly on the battlefield (1914) -- Nellie Bly describes war horrors (1914) -- At the scene of the slaughter (1914) -- Nellie Bly at Front (1915) -- Dear Nellie. Nellie Bly finds a home and father for little waif (1919) -- Nellie Bly tells of disappointments (1919)

"Born Elizabeth Jane Cochran, Nellie Bly was one of the first and best female journalists in America and quickly became a national phenomenon in the late 1800s, with a board game based on her adventures and merchandise inspired by the clothes she wore. Bly gained fame for being the first 'girl stunt reporter,' writing stories that no one at the time thought a woman could or should write, including an exposé of patient treatment at an insane asylum and a travelogue from her record-breaking race around the world without a chaperone. This volume, the only printed and edited collection of Bly’s writings, includes her best known works--Ten Days in a Mad-House, Six Months in Mexico, and Around the World in Seventy-Two Days--as well as many lesser known pieces that capture the breadth of her career from her fierce opinion pieces to her remarkable World War I reporting. As 2014 marks the 150th anniversary of Bly’s work, this collection celebrates her work, spirit, and vital place in history. "--From publisher.

Lutes, Jean Marie, 1967-

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