Notes about A Massage To Garcia

A Massage To Garcia - Introduction to excellence

Elbert Hubbard

- over 40 million copies
- published in March 1899
- translated into 37 languages
- made into a movie twice
- reprinted as a pamphlet and a book
- become a popular slang experience for taking initiative
             Just do it

Backstory

setting: Spanish-American War
Garcia: a revolutionary seeking Cuban independence from Spain
Rowan: an army officer
McKinley: president - the tallest mountain in North America was named for him until last week

Vocabulary

perihelion
slipshod
imbecility
stenographer
missive

About the massage

Initiative - doing the right thing without being told