Book Trailer – The Divorce Seekers
True stories from the heyday of Reno’s six-week divorce era when East meets West Available from Amazon Or Order a Signed Copy from the Publisher
Reno divorce ranches and Las Vegas gaming inspire Hollywood
Dick Wolf preps American Babylon Dick Wolf (Law & Order) is prepping a new series, American Babylon, a period drama chronicling the story of the creation of Las Vegas. The series is inspired by the book, The Money and the Power: The Making of Las Vegas and Its Hold on America by Sally Denton & Roger Morris.…
If these Mapes champagne glasses could talk
Surprise today… Received two champagne glasses from Reno’s Mapes estate sent to us by fellow Reno divorce era buffs, Deb Wiger Geraghty and James Stavena. As Bill and I toasted each other with sparkling rose, and wondered whose lips – famous and infamous – had sipped from these glasses, Bill once again told me his…
Two Reno Divorce Era “Survivors” – Then and Now
Then. In 1951, the glamorous singer/dancer Marilu Norden registered at the Pyramid Lake Ranch to wait out her six weeks for a “quickie” divorce. The guest ranch was 34 miles north of Reno in Sutcliffe, a location that was remote then and still is today. In 1947, Montana cowboy Bill McGee hired on as head…
P.S. to THE THREAD, Episode 4, “The Misfits”
IF YOU CAN’T GET ENOUGH OF RENO DIVORCE HISTORY, here are links to READ portions of the narrative from the 4/2/2018 podcast “The Misfits”… LISTEN to the entire 30-min podcast with commentary by Bill and Sandra McGee, and Mella Harmon… and VIEW the 1943 TravelTalk newsreel Romantic Nevada. READ The Golden Age of Divorce on…
THE THREAD, Episode 4, “The Misfits”
Bill and Sandra weigh in on this episode with commentary about the Reno divorce era… As host Sean Braswell says, “Bill McGee may be the only dude wrangler from the Reno divorce era still living.” LISTEN TO EPISODE 4… CLICK HERE AND SCROLL DOWN TO “THE MISFITS” Note: Amazon is listing THE DIVORCE SEEKERS: A…
THE THREAD, Episode 3, “Marilyn Monroe”
MARILYN MONROE was larger than life… But beneath the soft-spoken movie star was another woman, one far bolder than most people realize. In Episode 3 of THE THREAD, host Sean Braswell tells Marilyn’s story… much of it in her own words–and in her own inimitable voice–from interview clips. (Film buffs will enjoy this.) LISTEN TO…
THE THREAD, Episode 2, “The Playboy Mystique”, Hugh Hefner
THE PLAYBOY MYSTIQUE… Riding the wave of the sexual revolution of the 1950s and 1960s, Hugh Hefner created a male fantasy world in the pages of his Playboy magazine, one that would have lasting consequences for American life and culture. Behind closed doors, however, Hefner’s life in the celebrated Playboy mansion was rather different than…
THE THREAD, Season 2, launches with Episode 1, “Of Ms. and Men”, Gloria Steinem
SEASON 2 OF “THE THREAD” launched on Monday, March 12, with Episode 1, “Of Ms. and Men”, about Gloria Steinem. Every Monday for the next 6 weeks, a new podcast (episode) will air, each one unravelling the story behind important lives and events in history and how one thread leads to another. Host Sean Braswell,…
Highlights from our Nevada roundup, May 18-19, 2016
Carson City, Wed, May 18 – Signing a copy of THE DIVORCE SEEKERS for Randi Hunewill, the great-granddaughter of Neill Hakes West who owned the TH Ranch in Sutcliffe, Nevada, about 30 miles outside of Reno near Pyramid Lake . In 1929, the “TH” was the first ranch in Nevada to take in paying dudes. …