The Irish Zorro

The Irish Zorro
Author: Gerard Ronan
Publisher: Brandon/Mount Eagle
Total Pages: 348
Release: 2004
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

Arrested for treason at 13, William Lamport of Wexford was a pirate general at 14, and at the age of 19 played a crucial role in the Battle of Nordinen. He achieved a place at the court of Philip IV of Spain, but fled following a scandalous affair. He was later charged with plotting a revolution in Mexico. This is his story.

Zorro and the Irish Colonel

Zorro and the Irish Colonel
Author: Eugene H Craig
Publisher: Independently Published
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2021-06-04
Genre:
ISBN:

One afternoon, the peace was shattered by the leather snap of a whip biting into human flesh. Blood trickled down a man's back in rivulets and fell in large drops into the sand. Another whip flashed, as soldiers administered punishment to their prisoners. At that same time, a stagecoach en route from San Pedro carried a handful of passengers - including the Irish Colonel. When the coach arrived at Reina de los Angeles, would the Colonel prove a savior or despot to the citizens? Was he friend or foe to the man called Zorro? In the pueblo of Los Angeles California, nearly 200 years ago, a dread malady had crept in - the disease of oppression. Then - out of the mystery of the unknown - appeared a masked rider who patrolled the great el Camino Real highway. He alone inspired the people to rise up and resist tyranny. That man was Zorro!

Within Our Gates

Within Our Gates
Author: Alan Gevinson
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 1588
Release: 1997
Genre: Minorities in motion pictures
ISBN: 9780520209640

"[These volumes] are endlessly absorbing as an excursion into cultural history and national memory."--Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.

Zorro

Zorro
Author: Audrey Parente
Publisher:
Total Pages: 414
Release: 2020-04-16
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ISBN:

America's first masked hero in 16 all-new adventures! Introduction by Michael Uslan, executive producer of the Batman film franchise. In the early 1800s, California was still under Spanish rule. Some military commanders plundered and won riches at the expense of the peace-loving settlers. Against these agents of injustice the settlers were powerless, until one man arose whose courage stirred the hearts of Californians. He alone gave them the spirit to resist tyranny. That man was Zorro! New exciting stories wherein the "Curse of Capistrano" joins forces with Sgt. Garcia to halt an insurrectionist, teams with The Scarlet Pimpernel's descendant, rescues damsels, gypsies and even a hog, and clashes with the Devil! Danger, swashbuckling adventure and romance await in Reina de Los Angeles, and Zorro always answers the challenge with a smile and his flashing sword! 16 original stories written by: John L. French, Richard A. Lupoff, Will Murray, Francisco Silva, Joseph A. Lovece, William Patrick Maynard, Linda Bindner, Susan Kite, Diana Barkley, Bret Bouriseau, Daryl McCullough, Mari K. Ross, Robert Scott Cranford, Eugene Craig, Pamela Elbert Poland. Zorro created by Johnston McCulley Zorro ® & © 2020 Zorro Productions, Inc. All rights reserved.

Zorro and the Outward Journey

Zorro and the Outward Journey
Author: Susan Kite
Publisher:
Total Pages: 210
Release: 2022-01-16
Genre:
ISBN:

Terror stalks Spanish California, ruthless and relentless ... A landowner's daughter is kidnapped and believed dead. Undaunted, Don Diego de la Vega wears Zorro's midnight black garb, and goes forth in search of the girl. Once she is rescued, everyone believes the terrorists have been defeated. When the fanatics opt to kidnap a wealthy landowner's son, they choose Diego as their hostage! Now, Zorro must affect his own escape aboard a British ship, sailing toward a dreadful fate. Zorro's Pacific Odyssey, an original trilogy, takes "The Fox" from the California deserts, across the unforgiving Pacific, to strange challenges in an unfamiliar land!

Cinema of Swords

Cinema of Swords
Author: Lawrence Ellsworth
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 383
Release: 2023-06-15
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1493065637

Cinema of Swords is a history, guide, and love letter to over four hundred movies and television shows featuring swashbucklers: knights, pirates, samurai, Vikings, gladiators, outlaw heroes like Zorro and Robin Hood, and anyone else who lives by the blade and solves their problems with the point of a sword. Though swordplay thrives as a mainstay of current pop culture—whether Game of Thrones or Lord of the Rings or Star Wars—swashbuckling was if anything even more ubiquitous during Hollywood’s classic period, from its foundations in the Silent Era up through the savage bursts of fantasy films in the ‘80s. With this huge cinematic backlist of classics now available online and on-demand, Cinema of Swords traces the roots and branches of this unruly genre, highlighting classics of the form and pointing fans toward thrilling new gems they never knew existed. With wry summaries and criticism from swordplay expert Lawrence Ellsworth, this comprehensive guidebook is perfect as a reference work or as a dazzling Hollywood history to be read end-to-end.

The Promise of Zorro

The Promise of Zorro
Author: Heather Victoria Anderson
Publisher:
Total Pages: 48
Release: 2021-07-28
Genre:
ISBN:

Written and illustrated by Heather Victoria Anderson Cover by Francisco Silva An adventure for children! Bullying creates, in some people, a desire to crush it. Often a champion arises - sometimes an imaginary one - whether it be a group of avengers or one superhero. In the pueblo of Los Angeles California, nearly 200 years ago, a bad behavior had crept in - bullying began. Then - out of the mystery of the unknown - appeared a boy who promised himself when he grew up, he would always fight the bullies with clever ways and not be a bully himself. He grew up to fight all injustice. He inspired the people to rise up to resist cruelty. That man became the first masked superhero ... Don Diego de la Vega, son of a wealthy landowner and rancher, is frustrated by injustice and oppression. But at the age of nine, those terrible ideas take the form of an unforgiving bully and the ease with which he escapes punishment. Indeed, Diego and his friend Victoria Escalante are scolded or punished for Esteban's misbehavior. Then the bully of the pueblo tries to make Diego and Victoria look bad to the resident padre. Diego decides to fight back. If he cannot use his fists, he will use his brain to turn the tables. In that moment, the seeds of a legend are sown ...