Joel Benton was raised in the small town of Amenia, New York. He was the cousin of Myron Benton.
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Joel Benton was raised in the small town of Amenia, New York. He was the cousin of Myron Benton.
Remembered primarily as a naturalist writer, Burroughs grew up on a dairy farm in rural New York state, the seventh of ten children.
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