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Person Detail: Laura Benet

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Full Name: Laura Benet
Biography:
Poet, novelist, writer. Born in Fort Hamilton. Her works include "Goods and Chattels," "Washington Irving," "Come Slowly Eden" (about Emily Dickinson), "Basket for a Fair" and others.
Author's Timeline:
1884 Kings County
Born in Fort Hamilton. 
1979 (Unknown) County
 
1944 (Unknown) County
"Washington Irving, Explorer of American Folklore"
 
1930 (Unknown) County
"Goods and Chattels"
Fiction 
1942 (Unknown) County
"Come Slowly Eden: A Novel About Emily Dickinson"
 
1934 (Unknown) County
"A Basket For A Fair"
poems 
1979 (Unknown) County
Buried with her parents in Section 6 of Arlington National Cemetery.  
? Rensselaer County
Benet graduated from the Emma Willard School in Troy, NY. 
? New York County
She lived in New York City. 

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