Nellie Bly

From the bestselling pen of the original undercover reporter, a novel that was lost for 125 years! Pioneering undercover journalist Nellie Bly is rightly famous for exposing society's ills. From brutal insane asylums to corrupt politicians, she exposed all manner of frauds and charlatans. She was also a skilled interviewer and reporter. What no one has known was that she was also a novelist. This is because, of the twelve novels Bly wrote between...

Available for the first time in 125 years, the Lost Novels Of Nellie Bly! Pioneering undercover journalist Nellie Bly is rightly famous for exposing society's ills. From brutal insane asylums to corrupt politicians, she used the pages of the New York World to bring down all manner of frauds, cheats, and charlatans. What no one knows is that Nellie Bly was also a novelist. Because, of the twelve novels Bly wrote between 1889 and 1895, eleven...

Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman (1864-1922), also known as Nellie Bly, was an American industrialist, journalist, charity worker, and inventor famous for her 72-day trip around the world in the footsteps of the fictional Phileas Fogg. She is also remembered for her exposé working undercover in a mental institute, which led to a new style of investigative journalism. In her 1888 travelogue, Seaman recounts her time spent travelling around Mexico, offering...

Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman (1864-1922), also known as Nellie Bly, was an American industrialist, journalist, charity worker, and inventor most famous for her 72-day trip around the world in the footsteps of Jules Verne's fictional character Phileas Fogg. She is also remembered for her exposé working undercover in a mental institute, which led to a new style of investigative journalism. This brand new volume contains all of Seaman's best works, including:...

From the bestselling pen of the original undercover reporter, available for the first time in 125 years, the lost novels Of Nellie Bly! Pioneering undercover journalist Nellie Bly is rightly famous for exposing society's ills. From brutal insane asylums to corrupt politicians, she exposed all manner of frauds and charlatans. She was also a skilled interviewer and reporter. What no one has known was that she was also a novelist. This is because,...

From the bestselling pen of the pioneering undercover reporter, available for the first time in 125 years, the lost novels of Nellie Bly! Nellie Bly is rightly famous as a reporter, a skilled interviewer, and journalist dedicated to exposing society's ills. From brutal insane asylums to corrupt politicians, she pulled back the curtain on all manner of frauds and charlatans. No one knows that she was also a novelist. The reason? Of the 12...

This is Bly's truly disturbing account (and exposé) of a mental asylum to which Bly was committed after feigning insanity. Including graphic depictions as to the treatment of mental patients and their unsanitary surroundings, Bly's controversial 1887 exposé reveals the scandal and brutality of mental health in the nineteenth century and the ease with which professionals were prepared to accept and treat mental "disorders." -- from cover.

Newspaper reporter Nellie Bly got herself admitted to a New York mental institute in 1887 to gather data undercover on conditions for patients.

It is the stunning true story of journalist Nellie Bly's now-legendary undercover stint in a mental hospital in 1887. This dramatic biopic follows a 23-year-old Bly, a fledgling and preternaturally talented news writer looking to expose rampant abuse, corruption, murder and gross mistreatment of patients at the insane asylum in a mental hospital known as Blackwell's Island. To gain access to the asylum, however, Bly must first convince the requisite...