They shoot horses, don't they? /
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, for weeks at a time. But the underside of that craze was filled with a competition and...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London :
Serpent's Tail,
2010.
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| Series: | Serpent's Tail classics
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| Summary: | 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, for weeks at a time. But the underside of that craze was filled with a competition and violence unknown to most ballrooms. |
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| Item Description: | "First published in the USA in 1935, in the UK in 1938 ; first published by Serpent's Tail in 1995."--Title page verso. |
| Physical Description: | 126 pages ; 20 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781846687396 184668739X |