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“The best book yet about Nevada’s famous dude-divorce ranch business.”
–Eric Moody, Nevada Historical Society

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The Divorce Seekers: A Photo Memoir of a Nevada Dude Wrangler
by William and Sandra McGee.
 Foreword by William W. Bliss. $49.95, Hardcover, 444 pages, 502 b/w illustrations, plus maps, appendices, notes, bibliography, index, 8.5 x 11, ISBN 978-0-9701678-1-1. 2004  
   
Reno, Nevada. It was 1947, the heyday of the Nevada six week divorce. Reno was the place to go and “I’m going to Reno!” became synonymous with divorce. Thousands, including socialites, movie stars and housewives, came seeking what they called the "Reno Cure."  Former dude ranch wrangler Bill McGee saw this epic era from the close-up perspective of the cowboy working on Nevada's most exclusive dude ranch, the Flying M E, 20 miles south of Reno.  McGee's personal stories are laced with names like Clark Gable, Ava Gardner, and a Roosevelt, du Pont and Astor. Sidebars and appendices provide brief histories of Nevada’s unique divorce business -- including interviews with lawyers, the role the media played, what it was like to go to court for a “six minute” divorce – and profiles of the other leading Nevada dude-divorce ranches of the era. Click for screenplay news. 

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