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A really interesting and insightful look at the influences that shaped Zorro, historical/cultural/literary, as well as the influence Zorro has had on other characters (notably Batman). It‘s not the best book I‘ve ever read but I found a lot of it thought-provoking. I wish there had been more about the Disney TV version (Guy Williams as Don Diego/Zorro was my first crush) but the breadth here was fantastic.

Not entirely accurate - the PG-13 rating was added in 1984, after uproar over Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom being released under a PG rating. Red Dawn was the first movie to be released as PG-13.

A warning shot across a BOUGH? Oh boy. Earlier there was a bit about the original signing cowboys, too. Sometimes typos are a doozy.

Memory has a bad habit of always telling the story from the knowledge of the present.

I wasn‘t expecting a section on code-switching, either linguistic or cultural, in a book about the history of Zorro, but it makes sense. So far a really interesting read.

My November #bookspin list - nothing like coming in at the eleventh hour! I have a mix of MG reads (to increase my likelihood of finishing something), NF for November, a couple of new releases, and some series continuations. I‘m not doing any of those challenges for real, just dabbling. Trying to clear some shelf space. I‘ll have a go at #bookspinbingo but doubt I‘ll make much headway. November is going to be a month of upheaval for me.

#bookmail from the last two days. Well Played is the sequel to Well Met, one of my top two books of last year. And the tagged is a signed copy, with another on the way to my mom. She raised me on Guy Williams as Zorro (my first crush 😍), and I just introduced my daughter to the magic. Not sure when I‘ll dive into the Zorro book, but Well Played is on my October list.