Ten Days In a Mad-House by Nellie Bly

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Ten Days In a Mad-House by Nellie Bly

Ten Days In a Mad-House (1887) by Nellie Bly. Nellie Bly, whose given name was Elizabeth Jane Cochran, was a pio-neer of investigative journalism. She died in 1922. Of her many expose assignments for Joseph Pulitzer's NEW YORK WORLD, her voluntary (and undercover) journey into the lunatic asylum on Blackwell's (now Roosevelt) Island is perhaps the most well known. In previous chapters of the series, she has (without much difficulty) fooled various doctors and authorities into deeming her insane and admitting her tothe asylum, which is located on an island just east of Manhattan. SINCE my experiences in Blackwell's Island Insane Asylum were published in the World I have received hundreds of letters in regard to it. The edition containing my story long since ran out, and I have been prevailed upon to allow it to be published in book form, to satisfy the hundreds who are yet asking for copies.

Nellie Bly (1864-1922) was the pen name of Elizabeth Jane Cochran, a pioneering American investigative journalist whose works include Ten Days in a Madhouse and Around the World in Seventy-Two Days.

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ISBN 13 9781519649263
ISBN 10 1519649266
Title Ten Days In a Mad-House
Author Nellie Bly
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Year published 2015-12-02
Number of pages 102
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