Saratoga Trunk — Edna Ferber

Against the romantic backdrop of old New Orleans and Saratoga of the 1880s, a brilliant novelist unfolds the tempestuous love story of Clio Dulaine and Clint Maroon...

CLIO -- the cool, strong-willed beauty who flaunted her scandalous past before the shocked aristocracy of New Orleans. She was afraid of no one. She dared everything. Then suddenly, unexpectedly one April morning she fell in love.

CLINT -- the handsome, fabulous Texan. Untamed, ambitious, reckless. He made a perfect partner for Clio.

Together they went to Saratoga, the famous watering place of the richest tycoons in the land.

And together with their extraordinary talents, they set out to defeat the robber barons at their own game -- and to conquer a world of gold.