Name/Title
A MESSAGE TO GARCIAEntry/Object ID
96.72.1.20Description
Booklet: "A Message to Garcia" by Elbert Hubbard (East Aurora: The Roycrofters, 1916), 15 pp. A brown colored booklet with stylized flowers in orange squares at the top left and right and at center, two stems on the right and left with thorns and two bulb-like flowers protruding from the bottom and a series of four orange squares at lower left and right with an orange line at the bottom. The title, author's name, and publisher's information are on the front cover. The booklet is a short moral lesson on going beyond expected duty and obligation, using the story of Col. Andrew S. Rowan delivering a message by President William McKinley to the leader, named Garcia, of Cuban insurgents during the Spanish-American War, as inspiration. See 96.72.5, which contains this story, as well. In good condition with a few stains at the top of the front cover, a small pin or pest infested hole in the back cover and minor page discoloration. Stamped on the front fly leaf is "RECREATION/DEPARTMENT/FEB 8 1936/CITY OF/EL PASO, TEXAS"Lexicon
Search Terms
Documentary Artifact, Pamphlets, Roycrofters [Publisher], Spanish-American War, 1898--Cuba
