The Curse of Capistrano
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Author | Johnston McCulley |
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Country | United States |
Language | English |
Series | Weekly: August 9-September 6, 1919 |
Genre | Californio |
Publisher | All-Story Weekly Grosset & Dunlap |
Publication date
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1924 |
Media type | Print (Serial, Hardback & Paperback) |
Pages | 300 |
OCLC | 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 novel[1] in 1924 under the title The Mark of Zorro.
Publication history
Before being published in novel form, The Curse of Capistrano appeared as five serialized installments in the pulp magazine All-Story Weekly.[2]
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 during the era of Mexican rule, 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).
See also
- Category: Mexican California (1823 - 1846)
- List of Ranchos of California
- Category: Fictional characters from California
Notes
References
- The Curse of Capistrano at the FictionMags Index
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[dead link] from The Mark of Zorro, 1924, by California Legacy Project.
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