A Message to Garcia and Other Works - Softcover

Hubbard, Elbert

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1420955233 ISBN 13: 9781420955231

Publisher: Digireads.com Publishing, 2017

Synopsis

American writer, philosopher, publisher, and artist, Elbert Hubbard, founded the Roycroft Arts and Crafts community in East Aurora, New York. Hubbard set up a small printing shop next to his family home, where he began printing "The Philistine" magazine. The publication, quite popular in its time, was filled with Hubbard's sardonic wit, satire and often controversial commentary. An 1899 edition of the magazine included "A Message to Garcia", an inspirational essay celebrating the initiative of Major Andrew Rowan during the Spanish-American War. Hubbard remarked that the essay was written after a discussion with his son Bert about the heroism of Officer Rowan, and what was originally intended as a filler piece for the magazine quickly became an iconic piece of American literature. The essay has been reprinted and translated many times, has inspired screen adaptations, and was given to every U.S. Navy enlistee and U.S. Marine in both world wars. A self described anarchist and socialist, Hubbard believed passionately in freedom in every avenue of life. Along with "A Message to Garcia" fourteen additional essays are included in this representative selection of Hubbard's works. This edition is printed on premium acid-free paper.

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"I gave a beggar a dime with the suggestion that he invest it in a copy of Elbert Hubbard's "A Message to Garcia"."
-Napoleon Hill, "The Law of Success"

About the Author

Elbert Green Hubbard (1856–1915) was an American writer, publisher, artist, and philosopher. Raised in Hudson, Illinois, he met early success as a traveling salesman with the Larkin soap company. Today Hubbard is mostly known as the founder of the Roycroft artisan community in East Aurora, New York, an influential exponent of the Arts and Crafts Movement. Among his many publications were the nine-volume work Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great and the short story A Message to Garcia. He and his second wife, Alice Moore Hubbard, died aboard the RMS Lusitania, which was sunk by a German submarine off the coast of Ireland on May 7, 1915.

Edition details

• Publisher: Digireads.com Publishing
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1420955233
• ISBN 13: 9781420955231
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 56