Echoes of the Twenty-Third Psalm

About the Book

Incidents and memories that as a man named David’s goes through life, he associates with lines of the Twenty-third Psalm. These begin in 1937, the period of recovery from the depression, the era of the New Deal, WWII and as he ages, up to date. Topics involved include the sheep that God shepherds, patriotism, federal programs, conservation, what is a soul, retribution for transgressions, respect for all faiths, what is death, predators, affluence, knowing or believing in God, spousal support, and immortality. The discussions throughout the book are not intended to be religious but more philosophical .and provocative.

About the Author

Dr. Sam A. Threefoot. was born in Meridian, Miss. April 10, 1921. He graduated from Selma, Ala. High School 1938 and Tulane University (B.S.1943 and M.D.1945) where he is Professor Emeritus of Medicine, School of Medicine He interned at Michael Reese Hospital in Chicago and had a fellowship in Internal Medicine at Tulane. He was Director of Research and Medical Education at Touro Infi rmary in New Orleans for 17 years. Except for 6 years as Professor of Medicine and Assistant Dean at the Medical College of Georgia and Chief of Staff at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Augusta, Ga. (1970-76), he has been on the faculty at Tulane since 1947. He was Assistant Dean at Tulane and Chief of Staff at the Veterans .Administration. Medical Center in New Orleans until his retirement in 1991. In addition to local and regional organizations he has been a committee chairperson and offi cer in several national organizations. He has been author or co-author of over 150 scientifi c articles, abstracts, book chapters, and some non-scientifi c editorials and articles. He has published four non-scientifi c books, “Echoes of the Twenty-third Psalm”, “S.A.’s and Short Stories” (a collection of 37 essays and 31 short stories) and “A Fishy Treasure” ( an illustrated children’s book). In 2001, for the 80th anniversary of his birthday, he had published a limited number of copies of an illustrated collection of incidents and sayings of family and friends entitled “Grandma Used to Say” for distribution to relatives only. For many years he was on the editorial board of two journals and an invited editorial reviewer of articles for several other journals He has been involved in the preparation of reports and communications for many organizations, including Congress.