▁Sud an . ▁The ▁book ▁is ▁re ple te ▁with ▁information ▁about ▁French ▁colonial ▁life ▁in ▁the ▁Sah ara ▁and ▁pil ots ▁in ▁particular . ▁ ▁In ▁December ▁ 1 9 3 3 , ▁Se ab ro ok ▁was ▁committed ▁at ▁his ▁own ▁request ▁and ▁with ▁the ▁help ▁of ▁some ▁of ▁his ▁friends ▁to ▁Blo oming dale , ▁a ▁mental ▁institution ▁in ▁West chester ▁County , ▁near ▁New ▁York ▁City , ▁for ▁treatment ▁for ▁ac ute ▁alco hol ism . ▁He ▁remained ▁a ▁patient ▁of ▁the ▁institution ▁until ▁the ▁following ▁July ▁and ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 5 ▁published ▁an ▁account ▁of ▁his ▁experience , ▁written ▁as ▁if ▁it ▁were ▁no ▁more ▁than ▁another ▁expedition ▁to ▁a ▁foreign ▁locale . ▁The ▁book , ▁As yl um , ▁became ▁another ▁best - s eller . ▁In ▁the ▁pre face , ▁he ▁was ▁careful ▁to ▁state ▁that ▁his ▁books ▁were ▁not ▁" f iction ▁or ▁emb roid ery ". ▁ ▁He ▁married ▁Mar jor ie ▁Mu ir ▁Wor thing ton ▁in ▁France , ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 5 , ▁after ▁they ▁had ▁returned ▁from ▁a ▁trip ▁to ▁Africa ▁on ▁which ▁Se ab ro ok ▁was ▁research ing ▁a ▁book . ▁ ▁Due ▁to ▁his ▁alco hol ism ▁and ▁sad istic ▁practices ▁they ▁divor ced ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 1 . ▁She ▁later ▁wrote ▁a ▁bi ography , ▁The ▁Str ange ▁World ▁of ▁Will ie ▁Se ab ro ok , ▁which ▁was ▁published ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 6 . ▁ ▁Death ▁On ▁September