Ten Days in A Mad-House by Nellie Bly

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, Was Written By Nellie Bly in 1887, after she lived, undercover, at a women's insane asylum at Blackwell's Island in 1887 for ten days. This was an assignment given to her by Joseph Pulitzer. The living conditions and treatment of the Patients were Horrible. Bly Wrote:

The insane asylum on Blackwell's Island is a human rat-trap. It is easy to get in, but once there it is impossible to get out.

This Edition of Ten Days in A Mad-House Is Illustrated and Annotated with a Brief History of Blackwell's Island Lunatic Asylum, With Additional Pictures, Word Definitions and Blank Pages for Notes.

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 9781977939333
ISBN 10 1977939333
Title Ten Days in A Mad-House
Author Nellie Bly
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Year published 2017-10-08
Number of pages 120
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.