Following Nellie Bly : Her Record-Breaking Race Around the World

Pen & Sword Books Ltd

Following Nellie Bly: Her Record-Breaking Race Around the World\nby Rosemary J Brown\nHardback\nEnglish\n\nDelivery\nUsually delivered in 18\u201319 working days.\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Rosemary J Brown\nTitle: Following Nellie Bly: Her Record-Breaking Race Around the World\nFormat: Hardback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Expeditions: popular accounts\nPublisher: Pen & Sword Books Ltd\nPublication year: 2021\nISBN-13: 9781526761408\nISBN-10: 1526761408\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nIntrepid journalist Nellie Bly raced through a 'man's world' - alone and literally with just the clothes on her back - to beat the fictional record set by Jules Verne's Phileas Fogg in Around the World in 80 Days. She won the race on 25 January 1890, covering 21,740 miles by ocean liner and train in 72 days, and beca.