A Message to Garcia and Other Essays - Couverture souple

Hubbard, Elbert

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 143850375X ISBN 13 : 9781438503752

Editeur : Book Jungle, 2008

Synopsis

Elbert Hubbard (1856 - 1915) was an American writer, artist and philosopher. He was instrumental in the Arts and Craft movement and is best known for his essay A Message to Garcia. Hubbard edited two magazines The Philistine and the Fra. The Philistine was covered in brown paper. According to Hubbard that was because "There is meat inside". A Message To Garcia was originally published in the 1899 issue of The Philistine. It was very popular and was quickly reprinted as a pamphlet. The essay celebrates the action of a soldier who is assigned a difficult mission. He accomplishes his job without questioning his assignment. The essay exhorts the reader to do the same in his own life. The essay reflects the general appeal of the American public to self-reliance in problem solving. "Don't ask questions, get the job done" is often quoted by business leaders in motivational speeches. Other essays by Hubbard are also included in this collection

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

The Roycrofters we are privileged to republish these papers from the writings of aFra Elbertus. In the authors Apologia he tells the circumstances of writing AM essage to Garda, a document which is destined for immortality. The two succeeding papers strike the same high note of responsibility and service Elbert Hubbard himself exemplified many of his teachings. He was strong, individual, self-made. Born in 1859, at Bloomington, I llinois, he had only a common-school education, but was an omnivorous reader. His experiment in founding The Roycroft Shop, at East Aurora, New York, devoted to the manufacture of de luxe books, simply carried out a lifetime ambition. Because of his somewhat radical theories and his broad-gauge handling of the labor problem, the experiment was watched elsewhere with much interest. He lived to see it an established success Mr. Hubbard toiled early and late.
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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Book Jungle
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 143850375X
• ISBN 13: 9781438503752
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 56
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible