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Bly
"A triumph of investigative journalism. It not only fleshes out Bly's daredevil personality and thrilling career, but also offers readers a rough-and-tumble history of the development of modern journalism and a vivid picture of the popular culture of turn-of-the-century New York. Brooke Kroeger has restored Nellie Bly to her rightful place among American heroines.
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, Amy Gamerman
"Picture George Plimpton in a bustle, and you have an idea of the heroine of Brooke Kroeger's Nellie Bly.
THE BOSTON SUNDAY GLOBE, Katherine A. Powers
"Kroeger has pieced together a convincing and scrupulous picture of an extraordinary, courageous, sometimes disagreeable woman of her times.
THE NEW YORK TIMES, Patsy Sims
"An absorbing biography . . . For those of us who labored in the traditional women's sections a half-century later, Nellie Bly will serve asa reminder of just how slow and torturous the journey has been.
THE LOUISVILLE COURIER-JOURNAL
"Kroeger's painstaking and diligent research has begun to tell the real story of Nellie Bly . . . The author has collected and compiled the details in a narrative that is witty, precise, amazing, and entertaining to read.
NEWSDAY, Joyce Milton
"Kroeger maintains a tone of judicious sympathy but otherwise allows her subject's remarkable career to speak for itself . . . When it comes to Bly's private life, Kroeger's meticulous research pays off."
THE NEW YORKER
"As a reporter, Nellie Bly always knew that her best material was herself, and from that material Kroeger has made a serious, interesting, scholarly book."
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