Lincoln's Melancholy: How Depression Challenged a President and Fueled His Greatness

Lincoln's Melancholy: How Depression Challenged a President and Fueled His Greatness
Joshua Wolf Shenk (Author)
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A thoughtful, nuanced portrait of Abraham Lincoln that finds his legendary political strengths rooted in his most personal struggles.

 

Giving shape to the deep depression that pervaded Lincoln's adult life, Joshua Wolf Shenk's Lincoln's Melancholy reveals how this illness influenced both the president's character and his leadership. Lincoln forged a hard path toward mental health from the time he was a young man. Shenk draws from historical record, interviews with Lincoln scholars, and contemporary research on depression to understand the nature of his unhappiness. In the process, he discovers that the President's coping strategies—among them, a rich sense of humor and a tendency toward quiet reflection—ultimately helped him to lead the nation through its greatest turmoil.

• Rank: #11525 in Books
• Published on: 2006-10-02
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: .90" h x 5.50" w x 8.24" l, .81 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 368 pages

Description #1 by AbeBooks:

Drawing on seven years of his own research and the work of other esteemed Lincoln scholars, Shenk reveals how the sixteenth president harnessed his depression to fuel his astonishing success. Lincoln found the solace and tactics he needed to deal with the nation?s worst crisis in the coping stra...

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[ Ships Daily ] Condition: Good[ Underlining/Highlighting: NONE ] [ Writing: NONE ] Lincoln's Melancholy: How Depression Challenged a President and Fueled His Greatness By Joshua Wolf Shenk ISBN: 0618773444 Edition:Reprint Publisher: Mariner Books Pub Date: 10/2/2006 Binding: Paperback Pages: 368

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