{"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\u003e\"A 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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eShenk, Joshua Wolf:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eJOSHUA WOLF SHENK is a curator, essayist, and the author of \u003ci\u003eLincoln's Melancholy\u003c\/i\u003e, a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book. A contributor to \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHarper's\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, and other publications, he directs the Arts in Mind series on creativity and serves on the general council of The Moth. He lives in Los Angeles.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperOne","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50566112215314,"sku":"9780618773442","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_8aead6f8-c432-4e12-a6a4-077df4578c37.jpg?v=1731890937","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/lincolns-melancholy-how-depression-challenged-a-president-and-fueled-his-greatness-9780618773442","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}