The Divorce Seekers

<p class=ql-align-center><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)><em>Bill McGee is charming as he candidly recounts his experiences </em></strong></p><p class=ql-align-center><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)><em>dropping entertaining snippets of divorce ranch life that are lighthearted and fun to read</em>.</strong></p><p class=ql-align-center><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> - The BookLife Prize</strong></p><p></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>RENO 1947.</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> Imagine you've had enough of your cheating spouse. You're ready to leave. But it's 1947. And that means unless your spouse gives you a divorce you're stuck.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> </span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> Or you could go to Reno!</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Divorce seekers by the thousands were running out West to Reno Divorce Capital of the World to get a divorce in only six weeks. If they had the money and the need for privacy they stayed on one of the dude ranches around town. Someone called those dude ranches </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>divorce ranches </em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>and the name stuck.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> </span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> Bill McGee was the dude wrangler on the Flying M E an exclusive divorce ranch for wealthy Easterners and Hollywood celebrities. He entertained socialites with names like Astor and du Pont and Hollywood movie stars Clark Gable and Ava Gardner.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> </span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> This is a true story. </span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Vintage images.</span></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p class=ql-align-center></p>