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Elizabeth Bisland’s Race Around the World

Wednesday 16 October 2013 at 15:51

Matthew Goodman explores the life and writings of Elizabeth Bisland, an American journalist propelled into the limelight when she set out in 1889 – head-to-head with fellow journalist Nellie Bly – on a journey to beat Phileas Fogg’s fictitious 80-day circumnavigation of the globe.

Source: http://publicdomainreview.org/2013/10/16/elizabeth-bislands-race-around-the-world/