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

Author: Joshua Wolf Shenk Year: 2005 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: History, Biographies, Psychology, Politics Purchase/reserch links: Goodreads Amazon eBooks.com LibraryThing ISBNs: 9780618773442 0618773444

Giving shape to the deep depression that pervaded Lincoln's adult life, Joshua Wolf Shenk's 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. Similar books: Lincoln the Unknown by Dale Carnegie The Day Lincoln Was Shot by Jim Bishop The Lincolns by Daniel Mark Epstein Abraham Lincoln by James M. McPherson With Malice Toward None by Stephen B. Oates Lincoln's Last Days by Bill O'Reilly Abraham Lincoln by Stephen B. Oates Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin Lincoln by Russell Freedman Killing Lincoln by Bill O'Reilly The Hour of Peril by Daniel Stashower The Eloquent President by Ronald C. White Lincoln by David Herbert Donald Honor's Voice by Douglas L. Wilson American Brutus by Michael W. Kauffman Family of Secrets by Russ Baker The Bully Pulpit by Doris Kearns Goodwin Living My Life, Vol. 2 by Emma Goldman Coolidge by Amity Shlaes Days of Fire by Peter Baker