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 »e direction by John Brisben, Walker's struggling Cosmopolitan Magazine.
Both dauntless young ladies vanquished Fogg, but Nellie arrived home first and was acclaimed by millions. Miss Bistand was consigned to oblivion, yet she remains the more intriguing personality. A fascinating slice of Americana.« less