Crimes / Violence / Punishments: Suicide Gambling It Really Happened John Steinbeck Newell Benningfield 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…