{"product_id":"zorros-shadow-how-a-mexican-legend-became-americas-first-superhero-9781641602938","title":"Zorro's Shadow: How a Mexican Legend Became America's First Superhero","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"SADDLE UP  Andes takes us on an exhilarating, dust-kicking ride through the actual origins and history of the first hemispheric Latinx superhero: Zorro.\"\u003c\/b\u003e --Frederick Luis Aldama, editor of \u003ci\u003eTales from la Vida: A Latinx \u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eZorro's Shadow explores the masked character's Latinx origins and his impact on pop culture--the inspiration for the most iconic superheroes we know today.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Zorro is the original caped crusader, the first masked avenger, and the character who laid the blueprint for the modern American superhero. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Historian and Latin American studies expert Stephen J. C. Andes unmasks the legends behind Zorro, showing that the origins of America's first superhero lie in Latinx history and experience. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eRevealing the length of Zorro's shadow over the superhero genre is a reclamation of the legend of Zorro for a multiethnic and multicultural America. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eStephen J. C. Andes\u003c\/b\u003e is an associate professor of history at Louisiana State University. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Mysterious Sof?a\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Vatican \u0026amp; Catholic Activism in Mexico \u0026amp; Chile\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Chicago Review Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50860514476306,"sku":"9781641602938","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_133a640a-ea43-4c1b-82c3-ca7ce81425d4.jpg?v=1737575671","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/zorros-shadow-how-a-mexican-legend-became-americas-first-superhero-9781641602938","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}