Exelence

• Message to Garcia published in 1899 
• due to its popularity was printed in a book and a pamphlet
• over 40000000 copies sold
• printed into 37 languages
• made into 2 movies in 1916 and 1936
• take a message to Garcia became a popular slang term that means to take initiative
• takes place during the Spanish American war
• Garcia is a revolutionary seeking freedom from Spain
• Rowan is an army officer graduated from West point in 1881
• mckinley was the 25th president of the United States
• McKinley is killed by an anarchist
• vocabulary
• perihelion - department of playing this is closest to the sun and the brightest my paper is supposed to be turned in
• slipshod - careless and lackadaisical 
• Imbecility-  being stupid and careless
• stenographer - A person who takes notes in Shorthand for the boss, A sectary
• Missive - A formal or proper letter   
• "What is initiative? I'll tell you: it is doing the right thing without being told" - Elbert Hubbard