In its portrayal of a squalid dance marathon in Depression-era Los Angeles, Horace McCoy's (1897 -- 1955) short 1935 novel, "They Shoot Horses, Don't They?" evokes a strong sense of futility, ... Read More
This is a bleak tale about something I didn't know ever existed. Dance marathons where dirt poor people dance for weeks or months trying to win enough money to keep their meager lives going during ... Read More
