ellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland’s History Making Race Around the World

Americans have always loved a good race.  In his book Eighty Days, Matthew Goodman tells the story of two pioneering female journalists, Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland, who raced each other 28,000 miles around the globe in 1889. One woman went east. The other went west. For more than two months, readers followed the women as they battled storms, snow and delays until one got back to New York City.  Looking back on their journey today, it is remarkable how slowly the women traveled. Goodman’s book is more than a retelling of the around-the-globe dash. Readers also get a history lesson on topics from time zones to the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act. Full of action, readers will race to the end to see who won the race!

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