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Games / Races: 21 / Blackjack
It Really Happened
John Steinbeck
Newell Benningfield
Reno--Nevada
West Indies Club (Reno, NV)
Mrs. John Steinbeck's Tale of Woe
1948-1950 Tragedy struck when the wife of famed American novelist, John Steinbeck, was in Reno, Nevada for a quickie divorce from him after 5½ years of marriage. In 1948, while establishing residency in The Biggest…