Horace McCoy
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For the football player named "Horace McCoy III, see Bru McCoy.
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? (1935), which was made into a movie of the same name in 1969, fourteen years after McCoy's death.[1]
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Born | Horace Stanley McCoy (1897-04-14)April 14, 1897 Pegram, Tennessee |
Died | December 15, 1955(1955-12-15) (aged 58) Beverly Hills, California |
Occupation | Novelist |
Nationality | American |
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Notable works | They Shoot Horses, Don't They? |
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