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Upjohn levee camp romance opens with Eleanor and pilot Kester
In January 1912 Eleanor Upjohn, secretary to her father Fred Upjohn the levee contractor, meets young Kester Larne at the river camp. He flirts, offers a ride in his car, and they drive toward an estate beyond a high iron fence as the scene ends with a tease for tomorrow.
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Eleanor Upjohn
Fred Upjohn
Fred
Eleanor
Mississippi
Upjohns
New Orleans
Kester Larne
Ardeith Plantation
Dalroy
Louisiana
Ine
Larnes
United States
Larne
Kester