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Horace McCoy

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born

April 14, 1897 in Pegram, Tennessee, The United States

died

December 15, 1955

gender

male

genre

Mystery & Thrillers

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Horace McCoy (April 14, 1897 – December 15, 1955) was an American writer, whose hard-boiled novels 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.

McCoy was born in Pegram, Tennessee. During World War I McCoy served in the United States Army Air Corps. He flew several missions behind enemy lines as a bombardier and reconnaissance photographer. He was wounded and received the Croix de Guerre for heroism by the government of France.

From 1919 to 1930 he worked as a sports editor for the Dallas Journal in Texas. In the late 1920s he began getting stories published in various pulp mystery magazines.

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Books by Horace McCoy

Average rating: 3.78 · 1,240 ratings · 109 reviews · 17 distinct works

	They Shoot Horses, Don't They? 3.81 avg rating — 1,052 ratings — published 1935 — 20 editions	My rating:
	I Should Have Stayed Home 3.30 avg rating — 79 ratings — published 1938 — 9 editions	My rating:
	Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye 4.02 avg rating — 57 ratings — published 1948 — 9 editions	My rating:
	No Pockets in a Shroud 3.61 avg rating — 41 ratings — published 1937 — 7 editions	My rating:
	Four Novels: They Shoot Horses, Don't They? / Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye / No Pockets in a Shroud / I Should Have Stayed Home 4.14 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1983	My rating:
	I Should Have Stayed Home 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1938	My rating:
	They Shoot Horses, Don't They?: A Novel 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2012	My rating:
	Debería haberme quedado en casa 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2010	My rating:
	Ammutaanhan hevosiakin 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2009	My rating:
	Scalpel 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1952 — 7 editions	My rating:

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They Shoot Horses, Don't They? by Horace McCoy

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The Man in the Queue by Josephine Tey

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Decline and Fall by Evelyn Waugh

2 votes, 20.0%

The Black Moth by Georgette Heyer

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