They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

Horace McCoy First published 1977

About this book

"The depression of the 1930s led people to desperate measures to survive. The Marathon Dance Craze, which flourished at that time, seemed a simple way for people to earn extra money--dancing the hours away for cash. But, the underside of that Craze was filled with a competition and violence unknown to most ballrooms. [author's] classic American story captures that dark side in this powerful novel."--Back cover.

Subjects

  • classics
  • dance
  • dance marathons
  • depressions
  • fiction
  • fiction, general
  • social life and customs
  • united states, social life and customs, fiction