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Monday, February 15, 2010

Lincoln's Great Depression

In honor of President's Day I thought I'd point out this long, but very good article (imo, naturally) from October 2005 in The Atlantic...

Lincoln's Great Depression
By Joshua Wolf Shenk*

(*Author of Lincoln's Melancholy: How Depression Challenged a President and Fueled His Greatness. The article—at the time—was adapted from the "forthcoming" book.)