Johnston McCulley

Pulp writer Johnston McCulley (1993-1938) was the author of hundreds (if not thousands) of short stories and novels, published in pulp magazines under his own name and a plethora of pseudonyms. His most famous creation remains the masked swordsman Zorro. But before Zorro hit it big, McCulley tried out dozens of different heroes and antiheroes...including a pickpocket with a lisp named "Thubway Tham" who is is pursued by Detective Craddock of the New...

Thubway Tham is a small, short-tempered gnome of a man, a professional pickpocket with an annoying lisp. But he is no mere thief...he is the king of his chosen profession, a master "dip" who works only in the subways of New York City. Like all such villains, he faces a cunning adversary in Police Detective Craddock, who is always half a pace behind. Craddock has sworn to put Tham behind bars, where he belongs. But Tham is clever enough to always remain...

The Thubway Tham MEGAPACK™ presents 22 classic tales by Johnston McCulley (creator of Zorro) featuring his series antihero, a pickpocket named Thubway Tham. Included in this volume are: THUBWAY THAM, FASHION PLATE THUBWAY THAM'S DOG THUBWAY THAM TUNES IN THUBWAY THAM'S HONESTY THUBWAY THAM'S HOODOO ROLL THUBWAY THAM'S OPERATION THUBWAY THAM'S CURIOSITY THUBWAY THAM MEETS A GIRL THUBWAY THAM'S ENGAGEMENT THUBWAY THAM GOES TO THE RACES THUBWAY...

The masked woman called herself Madame Madcap, and she gathered a gang of cutthroats determined to loot high society of all its riches ... starting with the notorious womanizer Hamilton Brone. She worked her criminal magic ... and grew rich as millionaires swooned at her feet. Members of her gang worshipped her. She could do no wrong. And yet a curious pattern began to emerge, and a strange vengeance took shape - not just against the men of high society,...

The Curse of Capistrano - Johnston McCulley - The Curse of Capistrano is a 1919 serialized novel by Johnston McCulley and the first work to feature the fictional Californio character Zorro (zorro is the Spanish word for fox). It would be later published as a book in 1924 under the title The Mark of Zorro

The Cowboy Megapack collection 25 tales of western adventure, including two complete novels and 23 short stories! Authors represented include Johnston McCulley (creator of Zorro), Robert E. Howard (creator of Conan the Barbarian), Clarence E. Mulford (creator of Hopalong Cassidy), and many more. The western tales are: "A Texan Rides the Trouble Trail," by Johnston McCulley "Sixguns to Bowie," by Robert J. Hogan "The Drive," by Clarence E. Mulford "Thieves...

Christmas - the very word conjures up memories of the most wondrous childhood holiday of all-filled with the glitter of colorfully-wrapped presents, family visits, carols, photographs, decorating the tree, attendance at church to celebrate the birth of the Christ child, and tummy-stuffing dinners tucked with treats seen at no other time of the year. But the yule holiday has been celebrated for at least two centuries in North America, and our writers...

Zorro. The hero behind the mask, and the legend behind the sword. Zorro, is the debut edition of Literature's Greatest Heroes, a deluxe collection of novels spanning Western literature's most daring protagonists. Originally published in 1924 as The Curse of Capistrano, this is the debut novel featuring the legendary Zorro. This special audiobook edition, commissioned by the Royal Atlantic Library for this series, is narrated by Martin Osborne in...

The swashbuckling sequel to The Mark of Zorro (The Curse of Capistrano), The Further Adventures of Zorro sees the daring hero out for revenge once more. After Captain Ramon kidnaps the beautiful Lolita Pulido, Zorro takes to the seas and battles pirates in a bid to win her back. Swordfights, death traps and disastrously tight corners await him. But it is never much more than a challenge as the gallant caballero laughs in the face of danger - nothing...

Zorro continues searching for a safe haven for Eulalia Bandini, who travels with him, but after spending so many days and nights together, he is having trouble keeping his identity a secret. Then, he goes to the rescue when he hears the screams of a beautiful woman.