Set during the 1880s, this is the story of the scheming vixen Clio Dulaine who returns to New Orleans to blackmail her father's aristocratic family. Along the way she meets Clint Maroon, a handsome Texan cowboy who knows exactly how to ruffle her feathers. Ferber's novel was the basis for the 1945 film starring Ingrid Bergman and Gary Cooper.  (USS122, $13.95)