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Former undersheriff pens new novel

by TRACY SCOTT Valley Press
| April 30, 2025 12:00 AM

What do you get when you cross a drifter, a biker, a college graduate and an undersheriff from Sanders County?

You get Rube Wrightsman — local author, lawman and former hermit from Hot Springs.

Wrightsman's journey began in a small Midwestern town, bouncing between dead-end jobs before earning a business degree from Ohio State. At 24, with a diploma in hand and a hunger for adventure, he hit the road on a BSA motorcycle alongside his biker buddy Bruno. 

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