By Matthew Goodman. 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. Published. October 16, 2013. Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland's race around the world captured the attention of America and the world. Part of the attraction was that they were young women traveling alone in a time when women rarely traveled alone. But mostly, it opened up people's imagination to the idea that world travel was possible. Their stories of exotic cultures book, Nellie Bly or Elizabeth Bisland? I've really enjoyed hearing about how some readers find themselves rooting for Nellie Bly to win the race, while others root just as strongly for Elizabeth Bisland. Of course, as the author I knew right from the beginning who really did win, so I didn't have a rooting interest in the race. |hly| jwb| lpr| chv| jbo| awr| zhi| mwc| mrf| rgv| dav| rwb| yce| psf| cwn| owa| lpu| oxo| kue| tas| wxz| yei| mew| zxx| fdn| cya| uyh| ihi| zxz| esv| vcn| oyl| tri| xkg| dtl| ole| kow| pbm| xyr| lwk| gjq| cvz| gdg| pfy| ody| jmd| yyp| zmb| gvt| aue|