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Horace Stanley McCoy (April 14, 1897 – December 15, 1955) was an American writer whose mostly hardboiled stories took place during the Great Depression. His best-known novel is They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
Horace Stanley McCoy (1897–1955) was an American novelist whose gritty, hardboiled novels documented the hardships Americans faced during the Depression and post-war periods.
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- December 15, 1955
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Horace McCoy has 26 books on Goodreads with 29727 ratings. Horace McCoy’s most popular book is They Shoot Horses, Don't They?.
The marathon dance craze flourished during the 1930s, but the underside was a competition and violence unknown to most ballrooms—a dark side that Horace McCoy's classic American novel powerfully captures.
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Horace McCoy was an American author best known for his hard-boiled and noir novels set during the Great Depression.
Jan 7, 2009 · Another was Horace McCoy, probably the best known of the lot. McCoy’s name has already appeared on booklit where, after a tentative treading of the toes in American noir, with James M. Cain’s The Postman Always Rings Twice , it was suggested in the comments that next up should be McCoy’s They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?
Horace McCoy. (1897—1955) Quick Reference. (1897–1955) American novelist, born in Tennessee, who moved to Los Angeles during the Depression. This supplied the location for his hardboiled novels, the most famous of which are They Shoot ... From: McCoy, Horace in The Oxford Companion to English Literature » Subjects: Literature. Reference entries.
