The Value of Fairness: The Story of Nellie Bly

ValueTales Series

by Ann Donegan Johnson

Demonstrates the value of fairness in the life of the turn-of-the-century journalist whose pen name was Nellie Bly.

Genres: Biography, History, Picture Books, Childrens, Nonfiction, Kids

63 pages, Hardcover

First published December 1, 1977

Reviews

[Thompson · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nice little story about journalist, Nellie Bly. One of the better ValueTal err books.

[M · Rating 5 out of 5]

I still think about this book.

[Prabhat sharma · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Value of Fairness: The Story of Nellie Bly (Value Tales Series) by Ann Donegan Johnson, Illustrator - Steve Pileggi, Hindi language translation by Arvind Gupta- Children’s Illustrated Colour Picture Book- The book narrates the story of Nellie Bly (1864-1992), a lady journalist from USA. Her maiden name was Elizabeth Cochran. During Nellie’s growing years, women were allowed to write for newspapers. Therefore, she started writing for a newspaper in Pittsburg. Nellie was eager to work for the famous newspaper “New York World” published by Joseph Pulitzer. Mr Cockeril was the Editor. Nellie met Mr. Cockeril and got an opportunity to cover the story of Blackwell Island lunatic asylum. She successfully covered the story within a period of ten days. In 1888, Bly suggested to her editor at the New York World that she take a trip around the world, attempting to turn the fictional Around the World in Eighty Days (1873) into fact for the first time. A year later, November 14, 1889, and with two days' notice, she boarded the Augusta Victoria, a steamer of the Hamburg America Line, and began her 40,070 kilometer journey. She took with her the dress she was wearing, a sturdy overcoat, several changes of underwear, and a small travel bag carrying her toiletry essentials. She carried most of her money (£200 in English bank notes and gold, as well as some American currency) in a bag tied around her neck. She completed the world tour within 72 days. On the way, She met Jules Verne in France. Later she got married, wrote novels and died of pneumonia. Coloured illustrations help the reader in relating to the story. I have read the Hindi language translation of this book.

[Leila · Rating 3 out of 5]

Having never heard of Nellie Bly, this was a great book to read. I loved that she stuck to her guns to get what she wanted. I loved that she was able to travel alone in a time when that was not acceptable. I loved that she wanted fairness for everyone. Great story!

[Angie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Definitely one of the better books in the series.

[Agnes · Rating 3 out of 5]

All children should know about Nellie Bly voluntarily committed to an insane asylum.
I read it in the 70's, when it was published and loved it!

[Jecel Cortes · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good book, I need to read this to my little brother and sister