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Horace McCoy
Born:
1897-04-14
From:
Pegram, Tennessee, USA
Horace Stanley McCoy (1897–1955) was an American novelist whose gritty, hardboiled novels documented the hardships Americans faced during the Depression and post-war periods. McCoy grew up in Tennessee and Texas; after serving in the air force during World War I, he worked as a journalist, film actor, and screenplay writer, and is author of five novels including They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? (1935) and the noir classic Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (1948). Though underappreciated in his own time, McCoy is now recognized as a peer of Dashiell Hammett and James Cain. He died in Beverly Hills, California, in 1955.
Writing
No Pockets in a Shroud
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
Texas Lady
The Road to Denver
Rage at Dawn
Dangerous Mission
Daughters of Destiny
Bad for Each Other
El Alaméin
Montana Belle
The Lusty Men
The Turning Point
Bronco Buster
The Fireball
Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye
The Fabulous Texan
There's Something About a Soldier
Appointment in Berlin
Flight for Freedom
Gentleman Jim
Valley of the Sun
Texas
Wild Geese Calling
Western Union
