THE QUEST

About the Book

An elderly widower who has mourned the loss of his wife for 2 years decides to seek a companion who meets his qualifications. His experiences at each venue that he visits during his QUEST vary from humorous to differences in opinions regarding social standards. Some of his experiences provoke flashbacks of his younger days compared to what exists today. His adventures at a singles bar, the zoo, a museum, a high school class reunion, Mardi Gras, a ball game, a Caribbean cruise and a tour of New Orleans provide educational and entertaining reading for young and old adults. He is confronted with a variety of female personalities and is challenged in deciding the suitability of each for a permanent companion. He, himself, ponders the results of his mission.

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.