{"product_id":"book-d02p","title":"Bly vs Bisland","description":"\u003cp\u003eFollowing the publication of Jules Verne's novel \u003cem\u003eAround the World in Eighty Days\u003c\/em\u003e in 1873, Americans had an increasing interest in travel. World travel was becoming even easier with the faster steamships of the day. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1888, Nellie Bly, a feisty, investigative reporter for Joseph Pulitzer's \u003cem\u003eNew York World\u003c\/em\u003e newspaper, pitched a story idea of traveling around the world in 75 days to beat the record achieved by Phileas Fogg, the character in Verne's book. While the editor thought it a great idea, he naturally thought the trip should be made by a man. The idea was shelved for over a year. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne day in November 1889, Bly's editor told her the trip against Fogg's time would occur, and she would be the reporter to go - in just two days! She sailed east toward England on 14 November, 1889. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cem\u003eCosmopolitan\u003c\/em\u003e was a rival magazine in New York. Not to be outdone by Pulitizer, the \u003cem\u003eCosmopolitan\u003c\/em\u003e editors suddenly decided - seemingly within minutes of Bly's departure - to send their own female reporter, Elizabeth Bisland, on a world trip with the intent to return to New York before Bly. Bisland left that evening on a train going west to San Francisco. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBoth reporters wrote detailed accounts of their journeys. For the first time, their writings have been combined in this book so that a consistent timeline is maintained between both women. The listener can feel the urgency and uniqueness of their travels while fully enjoying the similarities and differences in the authors' styles and their experiences. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWho will win the race? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eElizabeth Cochrane adopted the name of the Stephen Foster song \u003cem\u003eNelly Bly\u003c\/em\u003e as her pen name. This famous song is performed in the credits by noted musicians Vivian and Phil Williams and is used with their gracious permission. You can hear more of their music at VoyagerRecords.com.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"INAudio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49444901585200,"sku":"BDd02p","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/d02p-Square-cover.jpg?v=1773747397","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-d02p","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}