Six Months in Mexico () von Nellie Bly

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.

Introduction

Elizabeth Cochrane

1. Adieu to the United States

2. El Paso Del Norte

3. Along the Route

4. The City of Mexico

5. In the Streets of Mexico

6. How Sunday is Celebrated

7. A Horseback Ride Over Historic Grounds

8. A Mexican Bull-Fight

9. The Museum and its Curiosities

10. Historic Tombs and Lonely Graves

11. Cupid's Work in Sunnyland

12. Joaquin Miller and Coffin Street

13. In Mexican Theatres

14. The Floating Gardens

15. The Castle of Chapultepec

16. The Feasts of the Gamblers

17. Feast of Flowers and Lenten Celebrations

18. Guadalupe and its Romantic Legend

19. A Day's Trip on a Street Car

20. Where Maximillian's American Colony Lived

21. A Mexican Arcadia

22. The Wonders of Puebla

23. The Pyramid of Cholula

24. A Few Notes About Mexican Presidents

25. Mexican Soldiers and the Rurales

26. The Press of Mexico

27. The Ghastly Tale of Dunjuan Manuel

28. A Mexican Parlor

29. Love and Courtship in Mexico

30. Scenes within Mexican Homes

31. The Romance of the Mexican Pulque

32. Mexican Manners

33. Noche Triste Tree

34. Little Notes of Interest

35. A Few Recipes for Mexican Dishes

36. Some Mexican Legends

37. Princess Josefa de Yturbide

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