books.google.com - One of our most eminent Lincoln scholars, winner of a Lincoln Prize for his Lincoln at Cooper Union, 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...http://books.google.com/books/about/Lincoln_President_Elect.html?id=34cVaFHdgMMC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareLincoln President-Elect