From the famous stunt girl reporter who wrote the well-known exposé, Ten Days in a Mad-House, this 1888 travelogue details Nellie Bly’s experience of living in Mexico in the late nineteenth century.
Under the pseudonym of Nellie Bly, Six Months in Mexico chronicles her time spent living in Mexico in 1885. The American journalist provides a fascinating window into the country’s culture and the every day lives of those living there. Bly describes wedding ceremonies and the people’s smoking habits, as well as commenting on the horror of life living under a dictator.
This classic travel book includes engaging chapters such as:
– In the Streets of Mexico– How Sunday is Celebrated
– A Horseback Ride Over Historic Grounds
– A Mexican Bull-Fight
– The Museum and its Curiosities
– Historic Tombs and Lonely Graves
Republished by Read & Co. Travel, this captivating edition of Six Months in Mexico is accompanied by several of Bly’s other journalism articles and is completed by an introductory biography by Frances E. Willard and Mary A. Livermore. The ideal gift for fans of travel writing and a must read for those who have, or wish to visit Mexico.
Innehållsförteckning
Introduction
Elizabeth Cochrane
1. Adieu to the United States
2. El Paso Del Norte
3. Along the Route
4. The City of Mexico
5. In the Streets of Mexico
6. How Sunday is Celebrated
7. A Horseback Ride Over Historic Grounds
8. A Mexican Bull-Fight
9. The Museum and its Curiosities
10. Historic Tombs and Lonely Graves
11. Cupid’s Work in Sunnyland
12. Joaquin Miller and Coffin Street
13. In Mexican Theatres
14. The Floating Gardens
15. The Castle of Chapultepec
16. The Feasts of the Gamblers
17. Feast of Flowers and Lenten Celebrations
18. Guadalupe and its Romantic Legend
19. A Day’s Trip on a Street Car
20. Where Maximillian’s American Colony Lived
21. A Mexican Arcadia
22. The Wonders of Puebla
23. The Pyramid of Cholula
24. A Few Notes About Mexican Presidents
25. Mexican Soldiers and the Rurales
26. The Press of Mexico
27. The Ghastly Tale of Dunjuan Manuel
28. A Mexican Parlor
29. Love and Courtship in Mexico
30. Scenes within Mexican Homes
31. The Romance of the Mexican Pulque
32. Mexican Manners
33. Noche Triste Tree
34. Little Notes of Interest
35. A Few Recipes for Mexican Dishes
36. Some Mexican Legends
37. Princess Josefa de Yturbide
Miscellaneous Articles
Om författaren
Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman (1864–1922) was born Elizabeth Jane Cochran in Pennsylvania, USA. Better known by her pen name, Nellie Bly, the journalist’s most famous works include the account of her record-breaking world trip, Around the World in Seventy-Two Days, and her mental institution exposé, Ten Days in a Mad-House, in which she went undercover to reveal the truth about the conditions of asylums. Bly was a pioneering writer, introducing the trend of stunt girl reporting.
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