more on A Letter to Garcia

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We talked more on a letter to Garcia and took notes on things like when it was published how it sold more then 40 million copies and was translated into 37 languages some key words in it where perihelion, slipshod, imbecility, stenographer, and missive. It was also made into a movie twice first in 1916 and then in 1936 using the phrase "take a message to Garcia" is still used today in the military. The setting is the Spanish American war Garcia was a revolutionary seeking Cuban independence from Spain Rowan was an army officer and McKinley was the 25th president assassinated six months into his second term by an anarchist. Not long after his assassination the tallest mountain in North America was named after him until 2015.

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