(Perfect amount of screen time at about 10 minutes each!) Soon, we were singing the theme song together, drawing Zorro and Tornado pictures, and searching for books to extend the adventure.Not as easy as I thought! I did find the Little Golden Books circa 1957, but they were all out-of-print, used copies. When Molly and Jacob visited this summer, I decided to introduce them to the wonders of Zorro through YouTube clips. His alter-ego Don Diego assumed the temperament of a timid poet, choosing the cover of night to don his mask and summon his lightening fast horse, Tornado. With the help of his loyal manservant Bernardo, Zorro (aka Don Diego) was the people’s champion, using his amazing skills as a swordsman, athlete, and rider. He fought to right wrongs, taunted the evil Commandante, and also managed to foil him at every turn. Spanning the globe from California to Barcelona-the New World and the Old- Zorro celebrates the birth of a great hero and legend.When I was growing up, Zorro was one of my favorite heroes.
Zorro, returns to America to reclaim the hacienda where he was raised and to seek justice for all who cannot fight for it themselves. After many adventures-duels at dawn, fierce battles with pirates at sea, and daring rescues-Diego de la Vega, a.k.a. With this tumultuous period as a backdrop, Diego falls in love, saves the persecuted, and confronts a great rival who emerges from the world of privilege.
Spain is chafing under the corruption of Napoleonic rule, and Diego, following the example of his celebrated fencing master, joins La Justicia, a secret underground resistance movement devoted to helping the powerless and the poor. As a child he also witnesses the brutal injustices dealt Native Americans by European settlers and begins to feel the inner conflict of his dual heritage.Īt the age of sixteen, Diego is sent to Barcelona to be educated. From his father, Diego receives lessons in the art of fencing and in cattle branding from his maternal grandmother, White Owl, he learns the ways of her tribe. His father is an aristocratic Spanish military man turned landowner, his mother a Shoshone warrior.
Int'l Women's Conference - México, 2013Ī swashbuckling adventure story, Zorro reveals the history behind the legendary masked man.īorn in Southern California in the late eighteenth century, Diego de la Vega is a child of two worlds.Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards Ceremony, 2017.
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