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The Divorce Seekers
A Photo Memoir of a Nevada Dude Wrangler
By William L. McGee and Sandra McGee
Foreword by William W. Bliss
444pp., 502 b&w photos, plus maps, appendices, notes, bibliography, index, 8½”x11”,
ISBN 13: 978-0-9701678-1-1, Hardcover: $39.95. BMC Publications
(2004).
“Former dude ranch wrangler Bill McGee may have written the ultimate
Western kiss-and-tell…a firsthand account of the epic era of the
Reno six-week divorce.”
—Cowboys & Indians Magazine
“Best book yet about Nevada’s famous
dude-divorce ranch business.”
—Eric Moody,
Nevada Historical Society
Description
Reno, 1947. It was the heyday of the Nevada six
week divorce and Reno was the place to go. “I’m going to Reno!” became synonymous with divorce. Thousands, including socialites, movie stars and housewives, came seeking what they called the "Reno Cure." 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 (em-ee), located 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. For the Western history buff, appendices provide brief histories of Nevada’s unique divorce business including profiles of the other leading Nevada divorce ranches, interviews with divorce lawyers, the role of the media, and a firsthand account of what it was like to go to court for a “six minute” divorce.
THE DIVORCE SEEKERS is delightful reading about bygone times, glamorous
people, and a brief but glimmering epoch of the American West.
From the Dust
Jacket
- Part I, “Cowboyin’ Memoirs,” chronicles Bill McGee’s years in the 1930s and 1940s cowboyin’ in
Montana, Wyoming and Lake Tahoe.
- Part II, “The Famous Flying M E Ranch and the Changing Cast of Characters,” provides
the reader with an up-close glimpse of life on the exclusive dude
ranch and the people who stayed there.
- Part III, “Gettin’ Untied,” profiles the Nevada divorce business, including a brief history, interviews with divorce lawyers, the role of the media, and a firsthand account of what it’s like to go to court for a “six minute” divorce.
- Part IV, “Other Leading Nevada Dude-Divorce Ranches, Circa 1930-1960,” profiles
the other leading dude-divorce ranches of the era. Also includes a
brief history of dude ranching in the West.
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