21, 740 miles explores the journey Nellie Bly undertook to circumnavigate the world in 80 days. Using Nellie's own account and extensive newspaper reports, the book celebrates the transportation advances connecting the world, as well as the encounters and experiences faced by a woman traveling alone in the 19th century.
21, 740 miles explores the journey Nellie Bly undertook to circumnavigate the world in 80 days. Using Nellie's own account and extensive newspaper reports, the book celebrates the transportation advances connecting the world, as well as the encounters and experiences faced by a woman traveling alone in the 19th century.