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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. A lurid tale of dancing and desperation: Horace McCoys classic American novel captures the dark side of the 1930s....