The abominable Mr. Seabrook /

The abominable Mr. Seabrook /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Ollmann, Joe, 1966- author, illustrator.
Edition:	First edition.
Imprint:	[Montréal, Québec] : Drawn & Quarterly, 2017. ©2017
Description:	296 pages : colour illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Seabrook, William, -- 1884-1945 -- Comic books, strips, etc. Seabrook, William, -- 1884-1945 -- Travel -- Comic books, strips, etc. Seabrook, William, -- 1884-1945 Medicine -- Comic books, strips, etc. Journalists -- United States -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc. Travelers -- United States -- Comic books, strips, etc. Alcoholics -- United States -- Biography -- Comics books, strips, etc. Alcoholics. Journalists. Travel. Travelers. United States. Biographical comics. Comic books, strips, etc. Graphic novels. Biographical comics. Graphic novels.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10944327

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Varying Form of Title:	Abominable Mister Seabrook
ISBN:	9781770462670 1770462678
Notes:	"First edition: January 2017"--Title page verso. Includes bibliographical references.
Summary:	"In the early twentieth century, travel writing represented the desire for the expanding bourgeoisie to experience the exotic cultures of the world past their immediate surroundings. Journalist William Buehler Seabrook was emblematic of this trend--participating in voodoo ceremonies, riding camels cross the Sahara desert, communing with cannibals and most notably, popularizing the term "zombie" in the West. A string of his bestselling books show an engaged, sympathetic gentleman hoping to share these strange, hidden delights with the rest of the world. He was willing to go deeper than any outsider had before. But, of course, there was a dark side. Seabrook was a barely functioning alcoholic who was deeply obsessed with bondage and the so-called mystical properties of pain and degradation. His life was a series of traveling highs and drunken lows; climbing on and falling off the wagon again and again. What led the popular and vivid writer to such a sad state? Cartoonist Joe Ollmann spent seven years research.

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Call Number:	PN4874.S4 O45 2017
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