{"product_id":"they-shoot-horses-dont-they-9781846687396","title":"They Shoot Horses, Don't They?","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Sordid, pathetic, senselessly exciting. . . has the immediacy and the significance of a nerve-shattering explosion.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New Republic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHorace McCoy\u003c\/b\u003e was born near Nashville, Tennessee in 1897. His novels include \u003ci\u003eI Should Have Stayed Home\u003c\/i\u003e (1938), and \u003ci\u003eKiss Tomorrow Goodbye\u003c\/i\u003e (1948).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Serpent's Tail\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/17\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781846687396\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 126\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.00w x 0.50d","brand":"Horace McCoy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38022276317365,"sku":"9781846687396","price":12.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_20a60226-fa01-47cc-9c8e-2e56c0cc6647.jpg?v=1609181045","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/they-shoot-horses-dont-they-9781846687396","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}