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| Author | Johnston McCulley |
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| Language | English |
| Series | Weekly: August 9-September 6, 1919 |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Publisher | All-Story Weekly Grosset & Dunlap |
Publication date | 1924 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (Serial, Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 300 |
| OCLC | 1729949 |
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]
- ^ Beale, Lewis (June 28, 2005). "Zorro still makes his mark". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 15, 2015.