| Ten Days in a Mad-House Contributor(s): Bly, Nellie (Author) |
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ISBN: 1717312381 ISBN-13: 9781717312389 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $8.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | Mental Health - History | United States - State & Local - Middle Atlantic (dc, De, Md, Nj, Ny, Pa) - Medical | History |
| Physical Information: 0.26" H x 5" W x 8" (0.28 lbs) 122 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic - Cultural Region - Northeast U.S. - Geographic Orientation - New York - Locality - New York, N.Y. - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In 1887, newspaper reporter Nellie Bly posed as a mentally ill, homeless woman in order to expose conditions at the Blackwell's Island insane asylum in New York City. Her account of the 10 days she spent in "a human rat trap" in which patients were routinely abused and neglected shocked readers and became a milestone of investigative journalism. |