[PDR] Elizabeth Bisland’s Race Around the World

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ELIZABETH BISLAND'S RACE AROUND THE WORLD

Matthew Goodman explores the life and writings of Elizabeth Bisland, an 
American journalist propelled into the limelight when she set out in 
1889 - head-to-head with fellow journalist Nellie Bly - on a journey to 
beat Phileas Fogg's fictitious 80-day circumnavigation of the globe.
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    PRINCESS NICOTINE (1909)


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