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Six Months in MexicoNellie Bly

Six Months in Mexico

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Original author: Nellie Bly

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"Six Months in Mexico" by Nellie Bly is a travel book written around 1885. At just 21, Bly worked as a foreign correspondent in Mexico, documenting the lives, customs, and poverty of its people. She observed lottery addiction, courtship rituals, tobacco use, and soldiers' marijuana consumption. Her candid reporting on journalist imprisonment under dictator Porfirio Díaz eventually forced her to flee the country to avoid imprisonment herself.

Six Months in Mexico, by Nellie Bly. Republished by OpenStories from Project Gutenberg eBook #49314.

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37 Chapters

  1. 1.Chapter I: Adieu to the United States1,003 words
  2. 2.Chapter II: El Paso Del Norte1,357 words
  3. 3.Chapter III: Along the Route1,806 words
  4. 4.Chapter IV: The City of Mexico756 words
  5. 5.Chapter V: In the Streets of Mexico2,595 words
  6. 6.Chapter VI: How Sunday Is Celebrated1,640 words
  7. 7.Chapter VII: A Horseback Ride Over Historic Grounds2,489 words
  8. 8.Chapter VIII: A Mexican Bull-Fight3,895 words
  9. 9.Chapter IX: The Museum and Its Curiosities2,716 words
  10. 10.Chapter X: Historic Tombs and Lonely Graves3,009 words
  11. 11.Chapter XI: Cupid's Work in Sunnyland2,181 words
  12. 12.Chapter XII: Joaquin Miller and Coffin Street2,094 words
  13. 13.Chapter XIII: In Mexican Theaters2,108 words
  14. 14.Chapter XIV: The Floating Gardens2,585 words
  15. 15.Chapter XV: The Castle of Chapultepec2,203 words
  16. 16.Chapter XVI: The Feasts of the Gamblers1,869 words
  17. 17.Chapter XVII3,550 words
  18. 18.Chapter XVIII: Guadalupe and Its Romantic Legend2,375 words
  19. 19.Chapter XIX: A Day's Trip on a Street Car3,458 words
  1. 20.Chapter XX3,203 words
  2. 21.Chapter XXI: A Mexican Arcadia3,248 words
  3. 22.Chapter XXII: The Wonders of Puebla2,769 words
  4. 23.Chapter XXIII: The Pyramid of Cholula2,803 words
  5. 24.Chapter XXIV: A Few Notes About Mexican Presidents2,175 words
  6. 25.Chapter XXV: Mexican Soldiers and the Rurales1,562 words
  7. 26.Chapter XXVI: The Press of Mexico1,957 words
  8. 27.Chapter XXVII: The Ghastly Tale of Don Juan Manuel1,846 words
  9. 28.Chapter XXVIII: A Mexican Parlor1,004 words
  10. 29.Chapter XXIX: Love and Courtship in Mexico1,418 words
  11. 30.Chapter XXX: Scenes Within Mexican Homes3,126 words
  12. 31.Chapter XXXI: The Romance of the Mexican Pulque1,156 words
  13. 32.Chapter XXXII: Mexican Manners1,448 words
  14. 33.Chapter XXXIII: Noche Triste Tree1,211 words
  15. 34.Chapter XXXIV: Little Notes of Interest1,471 words
  16. 35.Chapter XXXV: A Few Recipes for Mexican Dishes647 words
  17. 36.Chapter XXXVI: Some Mexican Legends927 words
  18. 37.Chapter XXXVII: Princess Josefa De Yturbide549 words