{"product_id":"asylum-first-edition-first-1st-ed","title":"Asylum (First Edition, First) (1ST ed.)","description":"\n\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMarc Notes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tUnabridged republication of the work originally published by Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York, in 1935--Title page verso.;This dramatic memoir recaptures William Seabrook's experiences during an eight-month stay at a Westchester mental hospital in the early 1930s. Seabrook, who was a renowned journalist, voluntarily committed himself for acute alcoholism. His account offers an honest, self-critical look at addiction and treatment in the days before Alcoholics Anonymous and other modern programs. William Seabrook is most famous for introducing the word Zombie to Western culture--;Provided by publisher.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBrief Description\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Unabridged republication of the work originally published by Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York, in 1935\"--Title page verso.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJournalist and explorer William Seabrook (1884-1945) possessed a fascination with the occult that led him across the globe to study magic rituals, train as a witch doctor, and sample human flesh. In addition to publishing more than a dozen books, he wrote for \n\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times, Cosmopolitan, Reader's Digest, \u003c\/i\u003e and \n\u003ci\u003eVanity Fair.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Perhaps the most honest and haunting accounts of the struggle for mental health in literature.\" -- \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis dramatic memoir recounts an eight-month stay at a Westchester mental hospital in the early 1930s. William Seabrook, a renowned journalist and explorer, voluntarily committed himself to an asylum for treatment of acute alcoholism. His sincere, self-critical appraisal of his experiences offers a highly interesting look at addiction and treatment in the days before Alcoholics Anonymous and other modern programs. \u003cbr\u003e\"Very few people could be as honest as Seabrook is here,\" noted \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times, \u003c\/i\u003e \"and it is honesty plus the talent Seabrook has already had that makes a book of this sort first-rate.\" This edition of the soul-baring narrative features a new graphic novel-style introduction by Joe Ollmann, who also created the cover art.\u003cbr\u003e\"With zombies in vogue and his books coming back onto the market after decades out of print, maybe old Willie Seabrook, the lost king of the weird, can finally get the recognition and infamy he earned.\" ― Benjamin Welton, Vice.com\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n","brand":"Dover Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46581110014083,"sku":"SPTM-9780486798103","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0564\/6830\/8099\/files\/9780486798103_spiral_61afcef8-45d9-4a3b-a6cd-b7e8f9afc120.png?v=1770802097","url":"https:\/\/sebink.com\/products\/asylum-first-edition-first-1st-ed","provider":"Sebink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}