A thoughtful, nuanced portrait of Abraham Lincoln that finds his legendary political strengths rooted in his most personal struggles.
Shenk draws from historical record, interviews with L.
Lincoln forged a hard path toward mental health from the time he was a young man.
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.
A thoughtful, nuanced portrait of Abraham Lincoln that finds his legendary political strengths rooted in his most personal struggles