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The message to Garcia

Published- march 1899, inspiring essay bc. popular reprinted- pamphlet, book for normal folk

  • soled 40 mil+ copies  
  • translated - 37 languages

Phenomenon 

  • movie - twice 1916, 1936
  • take a message to Garcia- pop. slang- taking invitation, still used in military

back story

  • setting- Spanish American war, in Cuba
  • Garcia - revolutionary seeking Cuban independence from Spain
  • Rowan- army officer, west pt., 1881 
  • McKinley - pres. William McKinley 25th pres. 1897-1901 assassinated 6 months into term- anarchist
  • tallest MT in NA renamed for him until 2015 to Denali- native American name for 1000s yrs before U.S. 

odd vocab

  • perihelium- pt. when a planet (mars) is closest to the sun- at its brightest
  • slipshod - careless, lackadaisical, remiss, slapdash 
  • stenographer- person takes dictation in short hand 
  • imbecility -  incapability, feebleness, stupidity 
  • missive- a letter, especially a long or official one 

The message to Garcia quote explanation

  • What is initiative? I'll tell you it is doing the right thing w/out being told      

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