Download or read book The Curse of Capistrano Illustrated written by Johnston McCulley and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-01-09 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.