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Lincoln President-Elect: Abraham Lincoln and the Great Secession Winter 1860-1861

Lincoln President-Elect 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.

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