Ten Days in A Mad-House

Name: Ten Days in A Mad-House
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ISBN: 9781463695392

ISBN-10: 146369539X

ISBN-13: 9781463695392

Edition: 2011

Authors: Nellie Bly

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Nellie Bly took an undercover journalist assignment to pretend to be insane to investigate reports of brutality and neglect at mental asylums. After a night of practicing deranged expressions in front of a mirror, she checked into a working-class boarding-house where she feigned insanity so well that everyone was convinced. She was then examined by several doctors, who all declared her to be insane, too.Committed to an asylum, Bly experienced its dire conditions firsthand: horrible spoiled food; the patients mistreated and abused; unclean and unsanitary conditions. Furthermore, speaking with her fellow patients, Bly was convinced that some were as sane as she was. After ten days, Bly was…

Book details

List price: $6.94
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Publication date: 7/7/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 96
Size: 4.75" wide x 8.25" long x 0.25" tall
Weight: 0.396
Language: English

Nellie Bly (1864-1922) was a reporter, activist, and businesswoman who is celebrated as one of America's most famous and influential journalists. She is best known for the undercover assignment that resulted in the book Ten Days in a Mad-House and her race to circle the globe faster than the hero of Jules Verne's popular novel Around the World in Eighty Days.