Elbert Hubbard books

Elbert Hubbard (1856-1915) was an American writer, publisher, and philosopher best known for his 1899 essay A Message to Garcia and for founding the Roycroft artisan community in East Aurora, New York.

Elbert Hubbard Reading Order

Title Published Buy on Amazon
No Enemy But Himself - Buy
Forbes of Harvard - Buy
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Buy
A Message To Garcia - Buy
Love, Life & Work 1906 Buy
White Hyacinths 1907 Buy
The Doctors 1909 Buy
The Mintage 1910 Buy
Jesus Was An Anarchist 1910 Buy
An American Bible 1911 Buy
Elbert Hubbard’s Scrap Book 1923 Buy
The Silver Arrow 1923 Buy
The Note Book of Elbert Hubbard 1927 Buy
The Philosophy of Elbert Hubbard 1930 Buy
The Legacy 1942 Buy
Andrew Taylor Still 2005 Buy
H. H. Rogers 2010 Buy
Horace Mann 2010 Buy
A Dozen And Two Pastelles In Prose 2010 Buy
The Roycrofters 2015 Buy
Henry Ward Beecher 2015 Buy
Booker T. Washington 2016 Buy
A.T. Stewart 2016 Buy
Thomas Jefferson: A Little Journey 2020 Buy

Elbert Hubbard was born in Bloomington, Illinois, in 1856. After a successful early career as a soap salesman, he retired in 1892 and founded the Roycroft Press in East Aurora, New York, the following year. Roycroft grew into an artisan community that produced handmade books, furniture, and decorative objects, becoming a center of the American Arts and Crafts movement.

Hubbard is best remembered for “A Message to Garcia,” a short essay published in 1899 that became one of the most widely distributed pieces of writing in American history. He also wrote the “Little Journeys” series of biographical sketches about famous people. Hubbard died in 1915 when the RMS Lusitania was torpedoed by a German submarine.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many books has Elbert Hubbard written?

Elbert Hubbard has written 24 books in one series.

What was Elbert Hubbard's first book?

Elbert Hubbard’s first book is Love, Life & Work, published in 1906.

What was the Roycroft community?

Elbert Hubbard founded the Roycroft Press and artisan community in 1893 in East Aurora, New York, modeled after William Morris’s Kelmscott Press. It became a center for the Arts and Crafts movement in America, producing handmade books, furniture, and metalwork.

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