The Curse of Capistrano - by Johnston McCulley

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Author: Johnston McCulley / Year: 1883-1958  / Genre:

     The Curse of Capistrano is a 1919 story by Johnston McCulley and the first work to feature the fictional 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 The book tells of the story of 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 .