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Six Months In Mexico by Nellie Bly
by Loyal Books
This is an account of Nellie Bly's travels through Mexico in 1885. The book was originally a series of individual articles that she submitted to the Pittsburgh Dispatch newspaper for publication. In them she described the conditions of the people and the political system she found in Mexico. Her narratives focused mostly on the impoverished and disadvantaged in a country whose government was extremely corrupt.Bly was perhaps what we now term a feminist, striving for the empowerment and independence of women. She certainly pioneered the field of investigative reporting. Nevertheless, Bly's journalistic objectivity is often tainted by an uninformed, 19th-century, "gringo" world view.Bly's travels in Mexico ended abruptly after the Dispatch published an article she wrote exposing that government's ill treatment of another journalist who criticized the regime of President Porfirio Diaz. Bly's Mexico articles were later published in book form in 1888.
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Chp. I, Adieu To The United States
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Chp. II, El Paso Del Norte
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Chp. III, Along The Route
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Chp. IV, The City Of Mexico
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Chp. V, In The Streets Of Mexico
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Chp. VI, How Sunday Is Celebrated
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Chp. VII, A Horseback Ride Over Historic Grounds
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Chp. VIII, A Mexican Bull-Fight
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Chp. IX, The Museum And Its Curiosities
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Chp. X, Historic Tombs And Lonely Graves
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Chp. XI, Cupid's Work In Sunnyland
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Chp. XII, Joaquin Miller And Coffin Street
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Chp. XIII, In Mexican Theaters
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Chp. XIV, The Floating Gardens
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Chp. XV, The Castle Of Chapultepec
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Chp. XVI, The Feasts Of The Gamblers
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Chp. XVII, Feast Of Flowers And Lenten Celebrations
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Chp. XVIII, Guadalupe And Its Romantic Legend
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Chp. XIX, A Day's Trip On A Street Car
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Chp. XX, Where Maximilian's American Colony Lived
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Chp. XXI, A Mexican Arcadia
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Chp. XXII, The Wonders Of Puebla
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Chp. XXIII, The Pyramid Of Cholula
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Chp. XXIV, A Few Notes About Mexican Presidents
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Chp. XXV, Mexican Soldiers And The Rurales
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Chp. XXVI, The Press Of Mexico
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Chp. XXVII, The Ghastly Tale Of Don Juan Manuel
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Chp. XXVIII, A Mexican Parlor
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Chp. XXIX, Love And Courtship In Mexico
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Chp. XXX, Scenes Within Mexican Homes
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Chp. XXXI, The Romance Of The Mexican Pulque
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Chp. XXXII, Mexican Manners
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Chp. XXXIII, Noche Triste Tree
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Chp. XXXIV, Little Notes Of Interest
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Chp. XXXV, A Few Recipes For Mexican Dishes
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Chp. XXXVI, Some Mexican Legends
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Chp. XXXVII, Princess Josefa De Yturbide
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
This is an account of Nellie Bly's travels through Mexico in 1885. The book was originally a series of individual articles that she submitted to the Pittsburgh Dispatch newspaper for publication. In them she described the conditions of the people and the political system she found in Mexico. Her narratives focused mostly on the impoverished and disadvantaged in a country whose government was extremely corrupt.Bly was perhaps what we now term a feminist, striving for the empowerment and independence of women. She certainly pioneered the field of investigative reporting. Nevertheless, Bly's journalistic objectivity is often tainted by an uninformed, 19th-century, "gringo" world view.Bly's travels in Mexico ended abruptly after the Dispatch published an article she wrote exposing that government's ill treatment of another journalist who criticized the regime of President Porfirio Diaz. Bly's Mexico articles were later published in book form in 1888.
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