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Around the World in 72 Days
Around the World in 72 Days
Author: Marks, Jason
Nellie Bly, a newspaper reporter, raced around the world in 1889-1890 as a circulation boosting stund for the powerful Joseph Pulizer's New York World. She beat the record set by fictional character Phileas Fogg in Jules Verne's Around the World in Eighty Days. In competition, Elizabeth Bisland, also a journalist, was dispatched in the opposit...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780963369628
ISBN-10: 0963369628
Pages: 261
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Publisher: Gemitarius Press
Book Type: Paperback
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