Eighty Days: Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland's History-Making Race Around the World by Matthew Goodman

Eighty Days: Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland's History-Making Race Around the World

Matthew Goodman

512 pages first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction biography history travel adventurous informative slow-paced

Description

 On November 14, 1889, Nellie Bly, the crusading young female reporter for Joseph Pulitzer’s World newspaper, left New York City by steamship on a quest to break the record for the fastest trip around the world. Also departing from New York that d...

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adventurous 100%
informative 83%
inspiring 58%
hopeful 25%
reflective 16%
challenging 8%
dark 8%
sad 8%

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fast 8%

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