Abstract of <title>Bennie Ben Cree; being the story of his adventure to southward in the year '62 Anderson, Heather Images scanned by Digital Collections, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University. Text encoded by Gretchen Gueguen Digital Collections, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University. Greenville, North Carolina 2010

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Abstract of Bennie Ben Cree; being the story of his adventure to southward in the year '62 Bennie Ben Cree; being the story of his adventure to southward in the year '62 Colton, Arthur, 1868-1943 PS3505.O37 B4 1900 1900

This story is about a young boy who was put on what he thought was a Yankee ship, but it was really a group of Confederate sympathizers. They make it down South, but the crew has to beach the boat on the Outer Banks to escape the Yankee Navy. Bennie and one of his companions, Calhoun, escape through the Dismal Swamp and return to the North.

Author Biography

Arthur Willis Colton was born in Washington, Connecticut, May 22, 1868, to Willis S. Colton and Lucy P. Gibson Colson. He graduated from Yale University with an A.B. degree (1890) and a PhD. (1893). He was an Instructor of English Literature at Yale for two years and from 1906 to 1929 was the University Club Librarian in New York. During this time he was writing short novels including Bennie Ben Cree, The Delectable Mountains, Tioba, The Belted Seas, and The Cruise of the Violetta. He also made several contributions to magazines. In September 1917, he married Amy Richards. Colton resided in Palisades, New York, until his death December 28, 1943.

Sources:

Who Was Who in America, Vol. 2 (1943-1950)