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The Mark of Zorro

by Johnston McCulley

The Curse of Capistrano is a 1919 novel by Johnston McCulley and the first work to feature the Californio character Diego Vega, the masked hero also called Zorro (zorro is the Spanish word for fox). It first appeared as a five-part magazine serial. The story was adapted into the silent film The Mark of Zorro in 1920. It appeared in book form in 1924, also using the title The Mark of Zorro.

Book Details

Language

English

Original Language

Spanish

Published In

1940

Authors

Johnston McCulley image

Johnston McCulley

United States

Johnston McCulley was an American writer, the author of hundreds of stories, fifty novels, numerous screenplays for film and television, and the creator of the character Zorro. Born in Ottawa, Illinoi...

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