num_pages: 444
description: A LIMITED NUMBER OF THE 2004 HARDCOVER EDITION AVAILABLE.SEE NEW EDTION PUBLISHED IN 2023 IN PAPERBACK &amp; EBOOKFROM THE AUTHOR“The story I'm going to tell you is about three of the best years of my life from 1947 to 1950 when I was a dude wrangler on the Flying M.E., the exclusive Nevada divorce ranch outside of Reno that catered to wealthy Easterners and the occasional Hollywood celebrity, most seeking a six-week divorce. At age 21, surrounded by all those women, I thought I'd died and gone to heaven."—William L. McGeeAuthor Bill McGee takes us back to the days when Reno was known as the "Divorce Capital of the World" and Eastern ladies mixed it up out West with cowboys. The wealthy and the famous who wanted privacy from the press while they resided in Nevada for six weeks to get a "quickie" divorce often preferred to stay on a dude ranch outside of Reno, and the Flying M.E. was the most exclusive of them all."The images--with their smoky, black-and-white, retro allure--are what brought the time and place alive for me so that I could bring my characters to life in my novel. . . . The book is a treasure if only for the photos alone."--Deb Caletti, author of "The Secrets She Keeps"502 b&amp;w photos, plus maps, appendices, notes, bibliography, index.
language: English
title: The Divorce Seekers: A Photo Memoir of a Nevada Dude Wrangler
titlecomplete: The Divorce Seekers: A Photo Memoir of a Nevada Dude Wrangler
genres: Nonfiction
ratings_count: 2
publisher: BMC Publications