The Curse of Capistrano
The Curse of Capistrano is Johnston McCulley's novel that introduced Zorro, first published in 1919 as a five-part serial in All-Story Weekly. Grosset & Dunlap issued it as a book in New York in 1924 as The Mark of Zorro, after the 1920 Douglas Fairbanks film.
- Editions tracked
- 2
- First edition
- Grosset & Dunlap, 1924
The first edition of The Curse of Capistrano by Johnston McCulley was published in New York by Grosset & Dunlap in 1924. We track 2 editions.
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First edition
- 1st Grosset & Dunlap1924 Hardback I own The Mark of Zorro, Grosset & Dunlap 1924 Log in to want this
Later and other editions
- Oxford University Press2016 Other I own The Curse of Capistrano, Oxford University Press 2016 Log in to want this
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Awards, adaptations and setting
Adaptations
- The Mark of Zorro film, 1920
- The Mark of Zorro film, 1940
- The Sign of Zorro film, 1960
- The Mark of Zorro television film, 1974
- The Amazing Zorro animated film, 2002
Setting and characters
- Set in
- California
- Characters
- Zorro, Lolita Pulido, Sergeant Pedro Gonzales, Bernardo, Captain Ramón, Alejandro de la Vega
- Genre
- cloak and dagger novel, adventure fiction, historical fiction
In print
- Editions recorded
- 225 on Open Library, 210 in English
- Wikipedia
- Articles in 12 languages
From Wikidata and Open Library, both CC0. A prize or a new adaptation often lifts demand for the first printing.
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Who published the first edition of The Curse of Capistrano?
The first edition of The Curse of Capistrano by Johnston McCulley was published in New York by Grosset & Dunlap in 1924.
How many editions of The Curse of Capistrano are there?
We track 2 editions of The Curse of Capistrano, including 1 first edition. Each has its own page with how to identify it.
Has The Curse of Capistrano been adapted?
Yes, including The Amazing Zorro (animated film, 2002), The Mark of Zorro (television film, 1974), The Sign of Zorro (film, 1960), according to Wikidata.
Where these facts come from
- The Curse of Capistrano, Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)
- The mark of Zorro (Grosset & Dunlap, 1924), Open Library (openlibrary.org)
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