Around the World in Seventy-Two Days
by Nellie Bly
About this book
This is a true account by American woman journalist who, in 1889, set out to see whether she could beat the fictional journey in Jules Verne’s 1873 novel, Around the World in Eighty Days. Wearing one dress and carrying one handbag, Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman (pen name “Nellie Bly”), reported her travels back to avid readers in America. (Summary by Mary Reagan)
Chapters (18)
1A Proposal to Girdle the Earth
2The Start
3Southampton to Jules Verne's
4Jules Verne at Home
5On to Brindisi
6An American Heiress
7"Two Beautiful Black Eyes"
8Aden to Colombo
9Delayed Five Days
10In the Pirate Seas
11Against the Monsoon
12British China
13Christmas in Canton
14To the Land of the Mikado
15One Hundred and Twenty Hours in Japan
16Across the Pacific
17Across the Continent
18The Record
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