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  • Zorro's Shadow

  • How a Mexican Legend Became America's First Superhero
  • By: Stephen J.C. Andes
  • Narrated by: Robert Fass
  • Length: 11 hrs and 9 mins
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Zorro's Shadow

By: Stephen J.C. Andes
Narrated by: Robert Fass
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Summary

Long before Superman or Batman made their first appearances, there was Zorro. Born on the pages of the pulps in 1919, Zorro fenced his way through the American popular imagination, carving his signature letter Z into the flesh of evildoers in Old Spanish California. Zorro is the original caped crusader, the first hero to have a band called the Avengers, and the character who laid the blueprint for the modern American superhero. 

In Zorro's Shadow, historian and Latin American studies expert Stephen J. C. Andes investigates the legends behind the mask of Zorro, revealing that the origin of America's first superhero lies in Latinx history and experience. 

Based on the never-before-seen letters of Zorro creator Johnston McCulley, Andes describes how the legends around Lamport and Murrieta influenced the development of the masked hero in black, and further, how Zorro went from a real life Mexican bandido to a distinctly white, aristocratic hero. Revealing the length of Zorro's shadow on the superhero genre is a reclamation of the legend of Zorro for a multiethnic and multicultural America.
©2020 Stephen J. C. Andes (P)2020 Tantor
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Swish swish swish!

This is a very well researched and entertaining book about the origins of 'the fox' by someone who clearly has a passion for the character. The narration is superb too.

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