The Curse of Capistrano

The Curse of Capistrano
AuthorJohnston McCulley
LanguageEnglish
SeriesWeekly: August 9-September 6, 1919
GenreAdventure
PublisherAll-Story Weekly
Grosset & Dunlap
Publication date
1924
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (Serial, Hardback & Paperback)
Pages300
OCLC1729949

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.[1]

  1. ^ Beale, Lewis (June 28, 2005). "Zorro still makes his mark". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 15, 2015.