Ten Days in A Mad-House and Other Stories (Annotated): This Edition Includes Nellie Bly's Articles "Nellie Bly In Jail," "In the Greatest New York Tenement", and "In Trinity's Tenements"

By Nellie Bly

Book Overview

Ten Days in A Mad-House, Was Written By Nellie Bly in 1887, after she lived, undercover, at a women's insane asylum at Blackwell's Island in 1887 for ten days. This was an assignment given to her by Joseph Pulitzer. The living conditions and treatment of the Patients were Horrible. Bly Wrote: "The insane asylum on Blackwell's Island is a human rat-trap. It is easy to get in, but once there it is impossible to get out." This Edition of Ten Days in A Mad-House Is Illustrated and Annotated with a Brief History of Blackwell's Island Lunatic Asylum, With Additional Pictures, Word Definitions and Blank Pages for Notes. Additionally, Nellie Bly's following Articles Are Included in this Edition - "Nellie Bly In Jail," "In the Greatest New York Tenement", and "In Trinity's Tenements."

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1796840181
• ISBN13: 9781796840186
• Release Date: June 2019
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 163 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.4" x 6.0"