Notes - Excellence

-Published in March, 1899
-reprinted as pamphlet and book
-sold over 40 million copies
-translated into 37 different languages
-made into a movie twice(1916 and 1936)
-Became popular slang expression for taking initiative
-setting: Spanish-american war
-Garcia was a revolutionary seeking cuban independence from Spain
-Rowan was an army officer (West Point class of 1881)
-McKinley was 25th president of U.S.A
-McKinley was assassinated by an anarchist
-tallest mountain in NA was named after him