Elbert Hubard's A Message To Garcia

The thesis in Elbert Hubard’s book, A Message to Garcia is the first sentence of the book. “In all this Cuban business there one man stands out on the horizon of my memory like Mars at perihelion.” (p. 17) Hubard published his article originally on page ten of one of his magazines. He was a publisher from the late 1800s until his death in 1915. He is best known for publishing two magazines, The Philistine and The Fra. Also happening at this time, Spain was fighting rebel forces in Cuba and American interest was not toward Spain. Hubard appealed to the headlines, audience, and politics of the day. His sources were local newspapers of the day and he made a point to contact those who had first person experiences with his stories.
From beginning to end the book is only 15 pages in length, it has large print, and three rudely drawn pictures. Since it is such a quick read, it does not take long to realize Hubard was trying to communicate as his simple sub point. Specifically, he wanted people to learn from this military example that workers should be completing tasks with little to no oversight. Both in the Publisher’s note and Apologia he eludes that after a frustrating day, he wanted his staff to do their job like LT Lawrence. In his frustration he wrote the fifteen page story in one hour. His source was a newspaper article and a discussion with one of his employees as they argued over the “the hero” of the Spanish-Cuban war. (p. 11) Hubard yielded to the young employee’s opinion and strait way published the article in The Philistine with no