Bylines: A Photobiography of Nellie Bly

This detailed biography of the trailblazing 19th-century journalist incorporates photographs of Bly and her subjects. The extensive text explores the details of a life spent seeking justice, writing about female factory workers and women institutionalized at the Lunatic Asylum on New York’s Blackwell’s Island, as well as her most illustrious stunt, a trip around the world with the promise of completing the journey faster than the hero of Jules Verne’s Around the World in Eighty Days . A thorough introduction to the life of a fascinating figure. Ages 10–up. (Oct.)