ISBN10: 0060778970, ISBN13: 9780060778972, [publisher: Harper/Collins New York] Hardcover First Edition First edition stated, first printing of an as new hardcover in an as new dustjacket with one small indentation. " A swashbuckling adventure story that reveals for the first time how Diego de la Vega became Zorro". A prequel to Johnston McCully's 1919 novella "The Curse of Capistrano".
[Grimsby, ON, Canada] [Publication Year: 2005]
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New York HarperCollins 2005 Paperback Very Good. No Jacket as Issued CI2-An advance reader's edition paperback book in very good condition that has some bumped corners, wrinkling and crease, light discoloration and shelf wear. Translated from the Spanish by Margaret Sayers Peden. A swashbuckling adventure story that reveals for the first time how Diego de la Vega became the masked man we all know so well. 9"x6", 392 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Born in southern California late in the eighteenth century, he is a child of two worlds. Diego de la Vega's father is an aristocratic Spanish military man turned landowner; his mother, a Shoshone warrior. Diego learns from his maternal grandmother, White Owl, the ways of her tribe while receiving from his father lessons in the art of fencing and in cattle branding. It is here, during Diego's childhood, filled with mischief and adventure, that he witnesses the brutal injustices dealt Native Americans by European settlers and first feels the inner conflict of his heritage. At the age of sixteen, Diego is sent to Barcelona for a European education. In a country chafing under the corruption of Napoleonic rule, Diego follows the example of his celebrated fencing master and joins La Justicia, a secret underground resistance movement devoted to helping the powerless and the poor. With this tumultuous period as a backdrop, Diego falls in love, saves the persecuted, and confronts for the first time a great rival who emerges from the ...

New York: HarperCollins, Date: 2005. CI2 - An advance reader's edition paperback book in very good condition that has some bumped corners, wrinkling and crease, light discoloration and shelf wear. Translated from the Spanish by Margaret Sayers Peden. A swashbuckling adventure story that reveals for the first time how Diego de la Vega became the masked man we all know so well. 9"x6", 392 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Born in southern California late in the eighteenth century, he is a child of two worlds. Diego de la Vega's father is an aristocratic Spanish military man turned landowner; his mother, a Shoshone warrior. Diego learns from his maternal grandmother, White Owl, the ways of her tribe while receiving from his father lessons in the art of fencing and in cattle branding. It is here, during Diego's childhood, filled with mischief and adventure, that he witnesses the brutal injustices dealt Native Americans by European settlers and first feels the inner conflict of his heritage. At the age of sixteen, Diego is sent to Barcelona for a European education. In a country chafing under the corruption of Napoleonic rule, Diego follows the example of his celebrated fencing master and joins La Justicia, a secret underground resistance movement devoted to helping the powerless and the poor. With this tumultuous period as a backdrop, Diego falls in love, saves the persecuted, and confronts for the first time a great rival who emerges from the world of ...

ISBN10: 0060778970, ISBN13: 9780060778972, [publisher: HARPER COLLINS] Hardcover Zustand: Sehr gut - Gepflegter, sauberer Zustand. | Seiten: 390
[Trebbin, Germany] [Publication Year: 2005]

HarperCollins Publishers, Date: 2005. Hardcover. Like New. Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. 2005. HarperCollins Publishers ISBN 0060778970 9780060778972 [US]

HarperCollins Publishers, Date: 2005. Hardcover. Very Good. Missing dust jacket; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. 2005. HarperCollins Publishers ISBN 0060778970 9780060778972 [US]