Six Months in Mexico

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.

Author Biography

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.