Women in Journalism - The Best of Nellie Bly
ISBN: 978-15-287-1950-6
Format: 14.0x21.6cm
Liczba stron: 548
Oprawa: Miękka
Wydanie: 2021 r.
Język: angielski
Dostępność: dostępny
<p><b>First published between 1887 and 1890, <i>Women in Journalism - The Best of Nellie Bly</i> is an insightful volume containing all of Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman's best journalistic works, including the famous exposé, <i>Ten Days in a Mad-House</i>.</b></p>
<p><i>Women in Journalism</i> includes the most shocking and captivating reports that Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman wrote during her journalistic career. The pioneering columnist inspired a new era of journalism - girl stunt reporting. Many female journalists began to put themselves in the midst of the action, narrating their experiences in popular novel-like reports. Using this style of writing, Bly puts her readers in the midst of the adventure by providing first-hand accounts of her exploits.</p>
<p>From her time tracing the footsteps of Jules Verne's fictional character, Phileas Fogg, in <i>Around the World in Seventy-Two Days</i> to her account of real life inside a women's mental institution in <i>Ten Days in a Mad-House</i>, Bly tackles her work hands-on, focusing on revealing the often horrifying truth to her readers.</p>
<p>This volume encompasses the breadth of Nellie Bly's journalistic career, with its contents including:</p>
<ol>- Elizabeth Cochrane</ol>
<ol>- Ten Days in a Mad-House</ol>
<ol>- Trying to Be a Servant</ol>
<ol>- Nellie Bly as a White Slave</ol>
<ol>- Six Months in Mexico</ol>
<ol>- Around the World in Seventy-Two Days</ol>
<p>Read & Co. Books has republished <i>Women in Journalism - The Best of Nellie Bly</i> in this beautiful new edition as part of the Brilliant Women series. This imprint celebrates the trailblazing women in history by offering a unique insight into their work and legacies. This volume is not to be missed by collectors of Bly's work or lovers of immersive travel writing.</p>