A Race Around the World: The True Story of Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland by Caroline Starr Rose

A Race Around the World: The True Story of Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland

She Made History

Caroline Starr Rose with Alexandra Bye (Illustrator)

32 pages first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction biography history adventurous informative medium-paced
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In 1889, New York reporter Nellie Bly--inspired by Jules Verne's Around the World in 80 Days--began a circumnavigation she hoped to complete in less time. Her trip was sponsored by her employer, The World. Just hours after her ship set out across ...

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