La ciudad de la huerta

El libro La otra cara de la Luna forma parte de un amplio proyecto concebido por su autor, el Dr. Álvaro Uribe Rueda, y que precede a un texto anterior titulado Bizancio, el dique iluminado, que reflexiona acerca de la concepción mística del universalismo, las raíces judías y helénicas, y la herencia cristiana.

Don Agustín de Iturbide se embarcó en Veracruz el día 11 de mayo para el puerto de Liorna, juntamente con su familia, y la nación mexicana quedó entregada al combate de las pasiones y de los partidos, que cada día se hacían más difíciles de conciliar. Desde luego se nombró un poder ejecutivo compuesto de los generales Bravo, Victoria y Negrete. Fueron elegidos suplentes don Vicente Guerrero, don Miguel Domínguez y don Mariano Michelena, que, como veremos después, ejercieron por algún tiempo aquella magistratura. Este poder ejecutivo nombró un solo secretario del despacho,...

Mexican Army veteran Andres Duarte was granted 6,595 acres along the southern foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains in 1841 by the governor of Alta California. Rancho Azusa de Duarte eventually was carved into 40-acre parcels, and arriving families from the East and Midwest built schools, installed water lines, and grew crops. By 1900, two major rail lines served the area's thriving citrus industry. Duarte's beneficial climate led to the establishment in 1913 of a tuberculosis sanitarium, which became City of Hope, the world-class cancer treatment center. Bandleader Glenn Miller settled in...

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