A Message To Garcia is an inspirational story of a man with initiative.
Though the story is immortalized in Elbert Hubbard’s American Classic Essay, “A Message To Garcia,” the true story of the messenger, Andrew Summers Rowan comes alive when you hear it from Mr. American Kristofer Cowles.
Mr. American tells the story Hubbard intentionally leaves out – the story told in Rowan’s own hand. It is no small feat to cross the island of Cuba today, let alone over 100 years ago, and an even mightier accomplishment to find one man with just the instruction, “Get a message to Garcia” to go on.
When you listen to this inspiring tale of American Exceptionalism, you will see your goal more focused than ever. The details of accomplishment become secondary to accomplishment, and the goal itself relies on doing one thing – accomplishing it. This story relates the value of leadership and hierarchy, obedience and sacrifice. Most importantly, it portrays that quality most perfectly etched in the Exceptional American’s DNA – Initiative!
A Message To Garcia is our Motivational Americana Story for February, 2011.
