Excellent Read, but a few mistakes..

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	• The Mark of Zorro Johnston McCulley Borgo Press, 2003 - 172 pages average customer review:based on 45 reviews view larger image
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Excellent Read, but a few mistakes..

Looking past the many typographical errors found in the book, it is very good. The Mark of Zorro is very Robin Hood-esque, being the tale of a young masked man who steals from the rich and opressive and gives to the poor and opressed. He falls in love with the respected Don Carlos Pulido's young daughter, Lolita, and the feeling is mutual. Zorro, however, is a wanted outlaw, or "highway man". It is the beautiful story of forbidden love, and has many sharp twists and turns that hold the readers full attention easily.

So disappointing!

The story of Zorro is timeless, but this edition did it absolutely no favors! It is full of typos (virtually one per page)and in one case, there is a repeat of nearly an entire page! I had hoped for something much better.

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Buckles are Swashed!

I had a Zorro book as a kid. I have no idea where it came from. It was an older book, and I don't even remember the cover, but I do remember some details quite clearly, such as Zorro's servant being dumb--but not deaf. Someone snuck up behind him to "test" him, and fired a gun directly behind him. Luckily the servant saw the person, and steeled himself not to flinch. When I saw that there was a Zorro movie coming out I had a sudden yearning to read the story of my childhood, however I had no idea what the name of the book was, or who the author was. So I had to search.
What I ended up with was The Mark of Zorro (The Original Zorro) by Johnston McCulley with Zorro: The Masters Edition Vol. One on back order.
The Mark of Zorro is not the book I read as a child. In The Mark of Zorro Zorro's identity is secret, which it wasn't in the book I read, so although that was a perfectly reasonable plot device, it obviously didn't work for me, since I already knew the secret. And I also knew that it wasn't going to be great literature or historically accurate.
But it was fun! I love swashbuckling adventures. I can forgive a lot given a good fencing duel or sword fight.
So this wasn't a great book, but it was fun, and I'm looking forward to Zorro: The Masters Edition Vol. One.

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Depend on the Original

After being disappointed by the new Allende book on Zorro, I went in search of the original. What a lark! It's everything the Allende book is not: suspenseful, humorous (the response of Don Diego's prospective in-laws to hearing him sing and play guitar the first time is priceless), and exciting. You love the daring of the fox, and his passion to enlist others in a just cause (Allende leaves you wondering if Zorro possesses any motivation other than puerile lust). Eighty-five years after Zorro first appeared, he still has the power to make us wish that noblemen possessed nobility. The prose is simple and direct, unpretentious and effective. There will always be those who want to profit from a legend, but trust to the original. It's no Count of Monte Cristo, but it's ripping good adventure.

Allende made me ask "When will it end"; McCulley makes me ask "Does it have to end?"

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