Download or read book Lincoln President-elect written by Harold Holzer and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 664 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An eminent Lincoln scholar examines the four months between Lincoln's election and inauguration, when the president-elect made the most important decision of his coming presidency--there would be no compromise on slavery or secession of the slaveholding states. 16-pages of b&w photos.