Monday, September 10, 2018

9/10 Notes

  • Published March 1899
  • inspirational essay
  • republished as book
  • 40 million copies sold
  • translated to 37 languages
  • made into movie twice, 1916, 1936
  • "take a message to Garcia"- take initiative 
  • setting: Spanish-American war
  • Garcia- revolutionary of Cuba fighting for independence from Spain
  • Rowan- Army officer- West Point class of 1881
  • McKinley- William McKinley president of U.S. 1897-1901
  • Tallest mountain in America called Denali renamed to Mt. McKinley and later changed back to Denali
  • perihelion- when a planet is closet to the sun, and at its brightest
  • Slipshod- careless, lackadaisical, remiss

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