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Shoutout to All You Sally Rand Stans Out There

The Case of the Fan-Dancer's Horse by Erle Stanley Gardner

April 19, 2025 by elderberrywine Leave a Comment

Oh it’s been a hot minute since I did a Perry Mason.  Here’s #29, dated 1947.  Diligently reading in order here, at least 50 more to go.  And this was a fun one! OK, a little background here, a fan dancer (Sally Rand being the most famous) could often be considered a classy dancer.  Ostrich plume fans always moving, and you might catch a peek here and there, but no more than that.  They were a burlesque act, but some made it to the big […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: 1940s rural California, Blackmail everywhere, Building that big dam!(Hoover), Erle Stanley Gardner, Fan-dancing is everywhere, Imperial Valley Ca, Mistaken identities, Perry Nason! and Della Street

elderberrywine's CBR17 Review No:19 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: 1940s rural California, Blackmail everywhere, Building that big dam!(Hoover), Erle Stanley Gardner, Fan-dancing is everywhere, Imperial Valley Ca, Mistaken identities, Perry Nason! and Della Street ·
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