I learned about Nellie Bly the way I learn about most rule breaking, history making and forgotten women in history- through Drunk History. I was surprised to see that my library had Ten Days in a Mad House since it is essentially just her 1887 newspaper article. After reading Mad House, and really liking it, I sought out Around the World in Seventy-Two Days and found it for .99 on Kindle. I was less enthralled by Around the World- it’s pretty racist (a product of “the time”). Ten Days in a Mad House is […]