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Apocrypha comes from the Greek and means "hidden."The books of the Apocrypha were not available to St. Jerome in Hebrew when he created the Latin Vulgate for the Roman Church in the late 4th century.Thus he was the first to call them Apocryphal.Martin Luther refered to these texts as "Aprocrypha, that is books which are not to be esteemed like the holy Scriptures, and yet which are useful and good to read."In 1546 at the Council of Trent, the Catholic Church reaffirmed these texts which were part of the Latin Vulgate with a decree concerning the canonical scriptures.In the 19th century, these books were completely dropped from Protestant Bibles but remain in Catholic Scripture.Here are the books of the Apocrypha originally included in the King James Bible of1611 printed with modernized spellings and a historical introduction. ... Read more

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An historical hero brought to life
Life in the Old West was perilous and uncertain. There were fortunes to be made in the gold fields and in the enterprises that followed the gold rush. Yet law enforcement was not well-established, and stagecoach and trainrobbers could wipe out a fortune as quickly as it was made. The Wells,Fargo Company needed a way to protect the great sums of money its coacheswere responsible for delivering. It hired James B. Hume, a Californialawman, to take charge of its detective bureau in 1873.

James Hume was adifferent breed from the stereotypical western lawman who winked at civilrights and abused authority. He was just as concerned that an innocent manbe kept out of jail as he was that he find the guilty man. And he had animpressive record of catching the guilty man, the most famous being BlackBart, the "Po8" stage coach robber.

Pioneering methods ofcriminal investigation which are now used widely, James Hume dug pelletsout of a dead stage horse in order to do a ballistics test, and he trackeddown Black Bart with the laundry mark from his handkerchief. Determined butpatient, he logged an impressive number of solved cases.

This biographyby Richard Dillon reads as smoothly as a novel. He used James Hume's ownletters and diaries, which are in the Wells, Fargo Museum in San Francisco,for his research as very little had been written about Hume's life. He notonly relates the fascinating events of Hume's public life but mines hispersonality as well and finds a heroic and likable figure.

In a time whenwe could use more heroes, I enjoyed reading about a real-life hero whocontributed to the colorful past of the West and still maintained hisintegrity. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Planning, published by American Planning Association on May 1, 1997. The length of the article is 4150 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the supplier: Three major U.S. cities, are considering or have established new civic plans that will enhance or improve previous city planning. New York, NY's Regional Plan Association has presented the city with a plan that calls primarily for improvements in mass transit to increase population growth and business activities. The National Capital Planning Commission expects that its Extending the Legacy plan for further restoration and development of Washington, D.C. to be adopted in summer, 1997. The Chicago Plan Commission is currently drawing up a Metropolitan Project which will update Chicago, IL's famous 1909 Daniel Burnham plan to retain the downtown area as an economic center and establish regional commercial and industrial areas.

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Title: The return of the grand plan. (new civic planning for New York, New York; Washington, D.C., and Chicago, Illinois)
Author: John Gilmore
Publication: Planning (Magazine/Journal)
Date: May 1, 1997
Publisher: American Planning Association
Volume: v63Issue: n5Page: p4(6)

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