Sordid, pathetic, senselessly exciting. . . has the immediacy and the significance of a nerve-shattering explosion."-The New RepublicThe 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, for weeks at a time. But the underside of that craze was filled with a competition and violence unknown to most ballrooms. Horace McCoy was born near Nashville, Tennessee in 1897. His novels includeI Should Have Stayed Home (1938), andKiss Tomorrow Goodbye (1948). "Sordid, pathetic, senselessly exciting. . . has the immediacy and the significance of a nerve-shattering explosion."-The New RepublicThe 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, for weeks at a time. But the underside of that craze was filled with a competition and violence unknown to most ballrooms. Horace McCoy was born near Nashville, Tennessee in 1897. His novels includeI Should Have Stayed Home (1938), andKiss Tomorrow Goodbye (1948). " | They Shoot Horses Don't They? by Horace McCoy, Paperback | Indigo Chapters