Following Nellie Bly : Her Record-Breaking Race Around the World

Intrepid journalist Nellie Bly raced through a andlsquo;manandrsquo;s worldandrsquo; andmdash; alone and literally with just the clothes on her back andmdash; to beat the fictional record set by Jules Verneandrsquo;s Phileas Fogg in Around the World in 80 Days. She won the race on 25 January 1890, covering 21,740 miles by ocean liner and train in 72 days, and became a global celebrity. Although best known for her record-breaking journey, even more importantly Nellie Bly pioneered investigative journalism and paved the way for women in the newsroom. Her undercover reporting, advocacy for women's rights, crusades for vulnerable children, campaigns against oppression and steadfast conviction that 'nothing is impossible' makes the world that she circled a better place.Adventurer, journalist and author, Rosemary J Brown, set off 125 years later to retrace Nellie Blyandrsquo;s footsteps in an expedition registered with the Royal Geographical Society. Through her recreation of that epic global journey, she brings to

life Nellie Blyandrsquo;s remarkable achievements and shines a light on one of the world's greatest female adventurers and a forgotten heroine of history. [Publisher's text].

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