""Lincoln President-Elect" is Harold Holzer's best and most
controversial book. Many historians, myself included, have depicted
Lincoln in the months between his election and inauguration as weak
and indecisive. Holzer, carefully studying the record, argues that
Lincoln was a strong-minded, highly principled, and shrewd
president-elect."-- David Herbert Donald, author of "Lincoln"
"No one has a finer intuitive understanding of Abraham Lincoln than
Harold Holzer. In this fascinating book, he throws a searchlight on
a crucial and surprisingly underexamined episode of Lincoln's life
to show us the essential elements of Lincoln's political and moral
greatness."-- Michael Beschloss, author of "Presidential Courage:
Brave Leaders and How They Changed America, 1789-1989"
"This detailed and gripping narrative of Lincoln's thoughts and
actions during the four months between his election and
inauguration -- perhaps more important than any four months of his
actual presidency -- is another tour de force by one of our
foremost Lincoln scholars. Bristling with new information and key
insights, it enriches our understanding of this most fateful time
in American history."-- James M. McPherson, author of "Tried by
War: Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief"
"This is a stunningly original work that casts completely new light
on the most turbulent and critical presidential transition in
American history. Holzer's superb narrative skill, along with his
abundant use of colorful details, creates an atmosphere of such
immediacy that the reader feels transported back to "the Great
Secession Winter" as an eye-witness to Lincoln's gifted leadership
during this dramatic period. This groundbreaking book will take its
place with the most valuable and indispensable works in the Lincoln
canon."-- Doris Kearns Goodwin, author of "Team of Rivals: The
Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln"
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