Ten Days in a Mad-House

by Nellie Bly

Overview

Nellie Bly, a reporter, feigned madness in order to gain admission to an asylum. It didn't take too much effort for her to be diagnosed as insane, and taken away. In the asylum, she acted normally again, but nobody seemed to notice. If she had not been a reporter, she probably would have been stuck there forever. Her writing is clear, intelligent, humorous, and compassionate. Some of the stories of the asylum residents are heartbreaking, and the conditions sound horrendous.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781481275743
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	12/20/2012
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	108
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.22(d)

About the Author

Nellie Bly (1864–1922), born Elizabeth Cochran Seaman, was an American journalist, industrialist, inventor, and charity worker who was widely known for her record-breaking trip around the world in seventy-two days, in emulation of Jules Verne’s fictional character Phileas Fogg, and an exposé in which she worked undercover to report on a mental institution from within. She was a pioneer in her field and launched a new kind of investigative journalism.

Brad Ricca is the Edgar-nominated author of five books, including True Raiders, Olive the Lionheart, Mrs. Sherlock Holmes, and the award-winning Super Boys. His independent film Last Son won a Silver Ace Award. He lives in Cleveland, Ohio.

Courtney Sieh graduated from the Cleveland Institute of Art in 2016 with a BFA in illustration and an emphasis in interior architecture. Currently she is freelancing out of a swamp near Minneapolis, kept company at her drafting table by her two cats.

Editorial Reviews

"An important and vital piece of journalism... We need vivid works such as Nellie Bly’s."—Medium

“There should be no doubt in any historian’s mind that Nellie Bly was a pioneer.”—Paste Magazine

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