{"product_id":"lincolns-melancholy-how-depression-challenged-a-president-and-fueled-his-greatness-9780618773442","title":"Lincoln's Melancholy: How Depression Challenged a President and Fueled His Greatness","description":"A thoughtful, nuanced portrait of Abraham Lincoln that finds his legendary political strengths rooted in his most personal struggles.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA New York Times Notable Book of the Year\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRecipient of an Abraham Lincoln Institute Book Award and a forWard Award from the National Mental Health Association\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGiving shape to the deep depression that pervaded the sixteenth president's adult life, Joshua Wolf Shenk's Lincoln's Melancholy reveals how this illness influenced both the president's character and his leadership. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLincoln 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA shapely and insightful exegesis of the Civil War president's inner life...Beautiful.--Andrew Solomon, New York Times bestselling author of The Noonday Demon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Shenk, Joshua Wolf\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e HarperOne\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780618773442\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.24h x 5.50w x 0.90d","brand":"Joshua Wolf Shenk","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39768977506379,"sku":"9780618773442","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0021\/1697\/6715\/products\/img_625a2ff0-6f74-4572-97be-7ede6c47d311.jpg?v=1653410877","url":"https:\/\/blackbookstore.com\/products\/lincolns-melancholy-how-depression-challenged-a-president-and-fueled-his-greatness-9780618773442","provider":"Black Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}