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Dance of the Sleepwalkers Calabria 1st edition
Dance of the Sleepwalkers
Calabria
Dance marathons were a phenomenally popular fad during the manic 1920s and depressive 1930s. What began as a craze soon developed into a money-making business which lasted 30 years. Some 20,000 contestants and show personnel participated in these events; audiences, the majority women, totalled in the millions. "A Poor Man's Nightclub," dance marathons were the dog-end of American show business, a bastard form of entertainment which borrowed from vaudeville, burlesque, night club acts and sports.
226 pages, black & white illustrations
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | June 15, 1993 |
| ISBN13 | 9780879725709 |
| Publishers | The Popular Press |
| Pages | 226 |
| Dimensions | 152 × 228 × 13 mm · 350 g |
| Language | English |
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