Author Matthew Goodman has detailed one of the most fascinating, if lesser-known global races that happened in 1889 between two determined women. His book, Eighty Days: Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland's History-Making Race Around the World, takes readers along on the adventures of these two dynamic women and he talks about his fascination with this race during an interview with Mark Perzel.
Nellie Bly & Elizabeth Bisland's journey around the globe
