Lincoln's Melancholy: How Depression Challenged a President and Fueled His Greatness by Joshua Wolf Shenk Paperback Book

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

Author: Joshua Wolf Shenk

Narrator: Richard M. Davidson

Format: Unabridged-CD

Publisher: Penguin/Highbridge

Published: Sep 2005

Genre: History - Modern - 18th Century

Retail Price: $36.95

Discs: 9

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A dramatic reassessment of the life and era of Abraham Lincoln argues that America's sixteenth president suffered from depression and explains how Lincoln used the ailment and the coping strategies he had developed to deal with the crises of the Civil War and personal tragedy. Simultaneous.

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