Word: seelye
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Youngster Nugget sneaks away from his horrible home in Kansas and hitch-hikes in search of his half brother, Gaye Oldaker. He finds Gaye running the roulette wheel in a New Mexico "sporting house" filled with painted ladies whose names are strange to him-Midnight Rose, Drowsy Dolly, Fleabitten Daisy...
But Gaye Oldaker cannot bring himself to marry ex-Madam Tacey. When the respectable ladies of Bisbee discover Tacey's history and unmarried status, they furiously confiscate Nugget and Seely, settle them in respectable Bisbee homes. Lover Gaye is too weak to fight for his "family," too ambitious not...
CHARLES S. SEELY Lieut. Commander, U.S. Navy (Ret.) Chicago, Ill.