Asylum
Download or Read eBook Asylum PDF written by William Seabrook and published by Courier Dover Publications. This book was released on 2015-09-16 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Author | : William Seabrook |
Publisher | : Courier Dover Publications |
Total Pages | : 289 |
Release | : 2015-09-16 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780486798103 |
ISBN-13 | : 0486798100 |
Rating | : 4/5 (03 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Asylum by : William Seabrook
Book excerpt: "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"--