Matthew Goodman - Eighty Days

Near the end of the Victorian era, Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland both embarked on a Jules Verne-esque journey around the world, each determined to accomplish their goal in less than eighty days. In this thrilling account of two women who took the world by storm, Goodman presents a world with unexplored frontiers and people who were willing to pursue adventure in its truest sense.