Fiction by Julia Claiborne Johnson
In 1938 Ward was a young man with an unusual job; he was a resident "cowboy" at a divorce ranch for women in Reno, Nevada.
Wait, what?
Yes, apparently there were such things at that time; Nevada could grant a quick, no-fault divorce to state residents, and only a six-week stay inside state lines would make you a "resident!" So well-off ladies from anywhere in the USA could stay at the ranch for the requisite six weeks with witnesses to attest to their continued presence there, and then a judge could grant their divorce quite easily. Plus there were the cowboys for entertainment...
This was a good character story. I enjoyed it!
I also read by this author: Be Frank With Me
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