The book that launched the classic Howard Hawks western starring John Wayne and Montgomery Clift.— HALF A CATTLE EMPIRE—for a son ...Now Dunson turned that blunt gaze on Tess. He let the gray eyes run slowly over her shoulders and breasts and hips... "What would you say, Tess Millay, if I offered you half of an empire in exchange for a son?" "...Your son?" "Yes." The great State of Texas is dying...herds of cattle run wild...an uncharted trail leads to nowhere—but Colonel Dunson would fight on to save his empire, just so long as he had this woman by his side. Here is a Western that has been cut out of the lonely stretches of Texas, patterned from the lives of great giants of the land. A smashing story that pounds like the drumming hoofs of 10,000 cattle—a yarn that will hold you through the 100-day drive along the historic Chisholm Trail.