A Message to Garcia is a famous inspirational essay about initiative and personal responsibility in the workplace. Elbert Hubbard wrote this widely-circulated essay in 1899, which became a classic in business literature and was distributed to millions of workers. Erskine Caldwell wrote God's Little Acre, James Clavell wrote Shogun, and Arlene Eisenberg and Heidi Murkoff wrote What to Expect When You're Expecting.