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Emma Lazarus, whose famous
poem graces the Statue of Liberty,
dies mysteriously at age 38. -
The police call it ‘natural causes’
but Joseph Pulitzer, the publisher
of New York’s largest paper,
doesn’t believe them. -
He assigns 24 year-old Nellie Bly
to get to the bottom of his good
friend’s death. -
Her investigation pits her against
the most powerful financial forces
in the country. -
Nellie is outflanked
at every turn. All she
has going for her is an
irrepressible desire
for the truth.