Looking for Lester

The NYPR Archive Collections | Jan 1, 2000

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"Looking for Lester" was written for country music singer Roy Acuff. The story is about a married couple, Lester and Anne: Lester contracts syphilis but does not see a physician. Instead he visits "Friendly Wilson", who provides Lester with a salve. Lester's symptoms disappear and he believes he is cured. But Anne learns she has contracted syphilis after a visit to a physician where she also learns she is pregnant. After being informed of this by Anne, Lester leaves and his whereabouts are unknown. Anne is cured of the disease and the baby is healthy.

[Description adapted from Alan J. Sofalvi, https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1196133.pdf]

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