The Man Without A Country / A Message to Garcia

by Edward Everett Hale, Elbert Hubbard

Two classics about patriotism and self-reliance. The Man Without a Country was created �for the single purpose of teaching young Americans what it is to have a country.� A Message to Garcia immortalizes the real hero of the Cuban War who delivered President McKinley�s letter to Garcia.

136 pages, Paperback

First published February 19, 1999

About the author

More than one hundred fifty literary works of Unitarian cleric and writer Edward Everett Hale, younger brother of fellow American writer Lucretia Peabody Hale, include the story The Man without a Country .

This American author, historian, and child prodigy exhibited extraordinary literary skills; Harvard University enrolled him at 13 years of age, and he graduated second in his class. Hale went to write for a variety of publications and periodicals throughout his lifetime.

He fathered author Edward Everett Hale Jr..

Reviews

[Brie Aleshire · Rating 4 out of 5]

A short little book. I wouldn’t necessarily recommend it, but it wasn’t bad either.

[Anita · Rating 2 out of 5]

I read this because my dad always talked about "A Message to Garcia." I saw this and thought I just knew the bare bones and it would be good to know the entire story. Little did I know. that was the entire story. It was an old fashioned morality tale, heavy on being true to your company--not such a warm fuzzy topic in today's economy. I did enjoy "The Man Without a Country" even though it was also heavy-handed; it had the advantage of a more palatable lesson. I still like the idea of a message to Garcia, I will just couch it in a not so capitalistic, my company right or wrong, backdrop.