A Message to Garcia

A Message to Garcia, Elbert Hubbard's classic 1899 essay, delivers the message that the true hero is the man who does his work well and without question -- the man who carries the ''message to Garcia.''

• The essay is based on the true story of young Lieutenant Andrew Summers Rowan, who at the time of the Spanish-American War was sent to Cuba alone to carry out a difficult mission, which he did with ''sheer courage and indomitable spirit.''
• With archival printing, this pocket-sized edition is designed for both portability and longevity.
• Hardcover gift volume with dust jacket is a classic addition to any home or office library.
• Book measures 4-1/2'' wide x 7-1/2'' high.
• 32 pages.

Elbert Hubbard was born in 1859 in Bloomington, Illinois, and never received more than a grade-school education. A self-made man in many respects, Hubbard filled in the gaps in his knowledge through voracious reading, a passion which became manifest in the founding of the Roycroft Shop, a publishing house specializing in deluxe bindings. He wrote a series of 182 biographies under the series title ''Little Journeys to Homes of the Great'' and also published two magazines, ''The Philistine'' and ''The Fra,'' producing much of the content himself. Elbert Hubbard and his wife, Alice, were traveling to England on the Lusitania and went down with the ship when it was struck by a German torpedo on May 7th, 1915.