A review by waynediane
Lincoln's Melancholy: How Depression Challenged a President and Fueled His Greatness by Joshua Wolf Shenk

5.0

5 ++++ stars. This is the Lincoln book to get the essence of who this great character was. Depression and suicidal- he arose to the most challenging of times. So well written, better than any Lincoln book that I have read. It is also, an excellent book to explain depression in the sense of how some use it to there advantage - to get out of bed so to speak- as the author used in his book. NOT a fast read, but something to really understand why people around the world thought of Lincoln bigger than Washington, Jefferson, etc!