Dance of the Sleepwalkers: The Dance Marathon Fad (Popular Entertainment and Leisure Series) by Frank M. Calabria - 1993-06-15

Popular Press, 1993. Hardcover. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Bowling Green: Bowling Green State University Popular Press, 1993. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Hardcover. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". 215pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of unclipped dust jacket. Small price sticker to rear cover of jacket. Sunning to spine of jacket. Bound in green cloth over boards with spine lettered in black. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: 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.(Publisher).

Bowling Green State University Popular Press, [, 1993. Hardcover. Very good condition in very good dust jacket. ]. 215p. Illus.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Hardback. New. 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.

Popular Pr of Bowling Green State, 1993. Hardcover. New. 1st edition. 226 pages. 9.75x6.50x0.75 inches.

Popular Press 1. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!