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A Message to Garcia 9
By Humberto Rodriguez We read the original article, "A Message
To Garcia" in a previous part of this publication. This was reportedly
the most reproduced article during the lifetime of an ... |
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A message to Garcia 8
It was but a short ride from Paralejo to the banks of the eastern side of the river to the town, once a city of 30,000, now a mere village of perhaps 2000. It was surrounded by a row of blockhouses the Spaniards had built on both sides of the stream. |
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A message to Garcia 5
"A Message to Garcia" Part 5 of 8 Having become famous after
delivering his message to Garcia, the swift success of the United
States in the Spanish-American War and the overwhelming circu... |
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A message to Garcia 7
Hitherto there had been danger; from this time on there would be more. Spanish troops mercilessly hunted down Cubans and small mercy was shown by the forces directed by Weyler, the "butcher," to men found in arms, or outside the concentration camps, even though they might be unarmed. The remainder of the journey to Garcia was fraught with many dangers and I knew it, but this was no time to consider them; I must be on my way! |
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A message to Garcia 6
Once aboard the boat I noted that it was partially filled with boulders intended for ballast. Oblong bundles indicated cargo, but not sufficient to impede progress. |
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A Message to Garcia IV
The article "A Message To Garcia" has the distinction of having been the most reproduced during the lifetime of the author, of any article in the history of the United States. There were 40 million copies printed and it was translated into all written languages.
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A Message to Garcia III
Elbert Hubbard wrote the following comment about his Message to Garcia article on December 1st, 1913, telling us the unbelievable circulation reached by such a small inspirational piece. |
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A Message to Garcia I
Elbert Hubbard wrote the following article in one hour, at home one evening, after discussing with his son Bert over dinner, the merits and identity of the heroes of the Spanish-American War (The Cuban War of Independence). He subsequently used it as filler in the March 1899 issue of the magazine "The Philistine." Hubbard became astonished when requests for reprints began to pour in; the rest as they say, is history! |
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A Message to Garcia
The article, "A Message to Garcia," had such huge success after its publication in 1899, that it was reproduced forty million times and into all written languages. No small feat at the end of the XIX Century. Notwithstanding its huge success, its message of individualism is mostly frowned upon today and most Americans now alive are not familiar with its contents; the article was not picked up by the history text books in Cuba and therefore, it is little known amongst Cubans also. |
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