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Horace McCoy

Horace Stanley McCoy was an American writer whose mostly hard-boiled stories took place during the Great Depression.

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American writer

Born 14 April 1897
Died 15 December 1955

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  • Cover of: They shoot horses, don't they?

    Cover of edition theyshoothorsesd00mcco Cover of edition theyshoothorsesd00mcco_0 First published in 1935 — 14 editions
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  • Cover of: Un Linceul n'a pas de poches

    First published in 1937 — 12 editions
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  • Cover of: Scalpel

    First published in 1952 — 10 editions
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  • Cover of: I Should Have Stayed at Home

    First published in 1938 — 8 editions
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  • Cover of: Adieu la vie, adieu l'amour: demain, il fera nuit

    First published in 1948 — 7 editions
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  • Cover of: Corruption city

    First published in 1959 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: Crime novels: American noir of the 1930s and 40s.

    First published in 1997 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Somewhere in Mexico: The Complete Black Mask Cases of Jerry Frost, Volume 1

    First published in 2022 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: They shoot horses, don't they? ; Kiss tomorrow goodbye ; No pockets in a shroud ; I should have stayed home

    First published in 1983 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Black Mask Stories And Other Crime Fiction From The Legendary Magazine

    First published in 2012 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The lusty men (1952): shooting script

    First published in 2007 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The great Louisiana lottery: draft script, never produced

    First published in 2007 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: הם יורים גם בסוסים

    First published in 2006 — 1 edition
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We need a photo of Horace McCoy

American writer

Born 14 April 1897
Died 15 December 1955

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Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Fiction, Fiction, general, American Detective and mystery stories, American Noir fiction, American fiction, American fiction (collections), 20th century, Classics, Crime, Crime, fiction, Dance marathons, Detective and mystery stories, Detective and mystery stories, american, Fiction in English, Fiction, mystery & detective, hard-boiled, Fiction, thrillers, general, Fiction, thrillers, suspense, Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.), Motion picture industry, Noir fiction, american, United states, social life and customs, fiction

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California, Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.), Los Angeles

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20th century

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December 5, 2022 Edited by Stew Add bio, full dates.
November 25, 2022 Edited by dcapillae remove wrong names
November 25, 2022 Edited by dcapillae merge authors
September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import