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Special Features

The Nellie Bly Song
This song wasn't written about our world-traveling Nellie Bly, but it was the inspiration for her name.

Nellie's "Madhouse Memoir"
Nellie's haunting account of her stay at Blackwell's Island Lunatic Asylum, published by the "New York World."

Excerpts from "Around the World in 72 Days"
Read more about Nellie's race around the world, as told by the adventurous traveler herself.

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