Ten Days in a Mad-House by Nellie Bly

Ten Days in a Mad-House

Nellie Bly

122 pages first pub 1887 (editions)

nonfiction history memoir psychology dark informative sad fast-paced
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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 wer...

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