Originally published in 1919 in All-Story Weekly as &quot;<i>The Curse of Capistrano</i>&quot;, Johnston McCulley&#39;s novel &quot;The Mark of Zorro&quot; has inspired countless films and television adventures.<br /><br /><b>Summary:</b><br />Old California, in a bygone era of sprawling haciendas and haughty caballeros, suffers beneath the whip-lash of oppression. Missions are pillaged, native peasants are abused, and innocent men and women are persecuted by the corrupt governor and his army.<br /><br />But a champion of freedom rides the highways. His identity hidden behind a mask, the laughing outlaw <b>Zorro</b> defies the tyrant&#39;s might.&nbsp;