59 Published BooksJoel Benton
Joel Benton (May 29, 1832 – September 15, 1911) was an American writer, poet and lecturer.
Biography
Benton was born in Amenia, Dutchess County, New York.[1] He worked as a teacher, writer and lecturer.[2]
As well as producing poetry, he wrote Emerson As A Poet (1882), The Truth About Protection (1892), Greeley on Lincoln (1893), In the Poe Circle (1899) and The Life of Phineas T. Barnum.
He died in 1911 in Poughkeepsie.[1]
