| Description |
136 pages, 8 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm |
| Note |
"First published in the United States of America by Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2016"--Title page verso. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 129-130) and index. |
| Note |
Includes an excerpt from the author's biography of Harry Houdini: The magician and the spirits. |
| Contents |
The gods of Gotham -- More than anyone would believe -- Strange ambition -- You won't get out in a hurry -- Into the madhouse -- She who enters here -- After an item -- Stunts and more stunts -- Around the world -- Sightseeing (and other inconveniences) -- Father Time outdone -- Industries of magnitude -- Good fights well fought. |
| Summary |
Young Nellie Bly had ambitious goals, especially for a woman at the end of the nineteenth century, when the few female journalists were relegated to writing columns about cleaning or fashion. But fresh off a train from Pittsburgh, Nellie knew she was destined for more and pulled a major journalistic stunt that skyrocketed her to fame: feigning insanity, being committed to the notorious asylum on Blackwell's Island, and writing a shocking exposé of the clinic?s horrific treatment of its patients. Nellie Bly became a household name and raised awareness of political corruption, poverty, and abuses of human rights. Leading an uncommonly full life, Nellie circled the globe in a record seventy-two days and brought home a pet monkey before marrying an aged millionaire and running his company after his death. |
| Study Program |
Accelerated Reader MG 8.1 5. |
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Accelerated Reader AR MG 8.1 5 180417. |
| Subject |
Bly, Nellie, 1864-1922 -- Juvenile literature.
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Bly, Nellie, 1864-1922. (OCoLC)fst00010808
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Journalists -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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Women journalists -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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Journalists.
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Women journalists.
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Women -- Biography.
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Journalists. (OCoLC)fst00984188
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Women journalists. (OCoLC)fst01178072
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
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Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
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Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
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| ISBN |
0147508746 |
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9780147508744 |
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