{"product_id":"9781500719760","title":"Ten Days in a Mad-House: A True Story of Brutality and Neglect","description":"A True Story of Brutality and Neglect in an Insane Asylum \u003cp\u003eComplete and Original \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTen Days in a Mad-House \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNellie Bly \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTen Days in a Mad-House is a book by newspaper reporter Nellie Bly. It was initially published as a series of articles for the New York World. Bly later compiled the articles into a book, which was published by Ian L. Munro in New York City in 1887. The book comprised Bly's reportage for the New York World while on an undercover assignment in which she feigned insanity at a women's boarding house, so as to be involuntarily committed to the Blackwell's Island Insane Asylum. She then investigated the reports of brutality and neglect at the Women's Lunatic Asylum on Blackwell's Island.\u003cbr\u003eThe book's graphic depiction of conditions at the asylum caused a sensation which brought Bly lasting fame and prompted a grand jury to launch its own investigation with Bly assisting. The jury's report resulted in an $850,000 increase in the budget of the Department of Public Charities and Corrections.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CreateSpace Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47028849180912,"sku":"9781500719760","price":7.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781500719760_p0.jpg?v=1763707639","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781500719760","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}