The Curse of Capistrano
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| Author(s) | Johnston McCulley |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Series | Weekly: August 9-September 6, 1919 |
| Genre(s) | Novella - Californio |
| Publisher | All-Story Weekly Grosset & Dunlap |
| Publication date | 1924 |
| Media type | Print (Serial, Hardback & Paperback) |
| ISBN | NA |
| OCLC Number | 1729949 |
The Curse of Capistrano is a 1919 story by Johnston McCulley and the first work to feature the fictional Californio character Zorro (zorro is the Spanish word for fox). It would be later published as a novella in 1924 under the title The Mark of Zorro.
Publication history
Before being published in novella form, The Curse of Capistrano appeared as five serialized installments in the pulp magazine All-Story Weekly.[1]
After the enormous success of the 1920 film adaptation, The Mark of Zorro, the story was republished under that name by Grosset & Dunlap.
Setting
The book tells of the story of Californio Don Diego Vega—Zorro in the company of his deaf and mute servant Bernardo and his lover Lolita Pulido, as they rival the antagonists Captain Ramon and Sgt. Gonzales in early 19th-century California, before it became a U.S. state (see Alta California). It is set amongst the historic Spanish missions in California, pueblos (towns) such as San Juan Capistrano, California, and the rural California countryside (see also ranchos of California).
Notes
- ^ All-Story Weekly vol. 100 #2 (August 9, 1919) - vol. 101 #2 (September 6, 1919)
External links
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Wikisource has original text related to this article: |
- Original 1919 The Curse of Capistrano story at archive.org
- Short radio episode Clash of Blades from The Mark of Zorro, 1924, by California Legacy Project.
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