A review by kmthomas06
Eighty Days: Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland's History-Making Race Around the World by Matthew Goodman

4.0

A thoroughly engaging look at the race of two women around the world at a time when they weren't supposed to go about unchaperoned at all. I'll admit; I'd never heard of Elizabeth Bisland before this book but I need to look up her other writings. Of the two, Elizabeth seems to actually enjoy her trip; Nellie is just trying to beat the clock. Still, both voyages around the world were fascinating to read about and Goodman presents the stories in an engaging way, combining some poetic license among all the facts to make it a true narrative and not just an accounting of the race.