What is the real name of the author of Around the World in Seventy-Two Days?
Around the World in Seventy-Two Days Around the World in Seventy-Two Days is an 1890 book by journalist Elizabeth Jane Cochrane, writing under her pseudonym, Nellie Bly. The chronicle details her 72-day trip around the world, which was inspired by the book, "Around the World in Eighty Days" by Jules Verne. She carried out the journey for Joseph Pulitzer's tabloid newspaper, the "New York World".
Steven Callahan Steven Callahan (born 1952) is an American author, naval architect, inventor, and sailor noted for having survived for 76 days adrift on the Atlantic Ocean in a liferaft. Callahan recounted his ordeal in the best-selling book "" (1986), which was on the New York Times best-seller list for more than 36 weeks.