Lincoln’s Melancholy
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What was behind President Lincoln’s depression? Contributor Edie Rubinowitz sits down with Joshua Wolf Shenk to discuss his book Lincoln’s Melancholy: How Depression Challenged a President and Fueled His Greatness (Houghton Mifflin Company, 2005).