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Benjamin F. (Benjamin Freeman) Comfort

1863–1941

Best known for the historical novel Arnold’s Tempter, this Detroit-based writer also turned his attention to local and regional history. His surviving works suggest a strong interest in the American past, especially Michigan and the Old Northwest.

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Arnold's Tempter

Arnold's Tempter

by Benjamin F. (Benjamin Freeman) Comfort

About the author

Benjamin Freeman Comfort (1863–1941) was an American author whose known books range from fiction to local history. He wrote Arnold’s Tempter in 1908, and later published Lewis Cass and the Indian Treaties and, with E. G. Allen, Annals of Cass Technical High School in 1923.

The record that survives online points to a life connected with Detroit, Michigan. He is identified in library and memorial records as Benjamin Freeman Comfort, born in 1863 and died in 1941, and was buried in Detroit’s Woodmere Cemetery.

Taken together, his books show a writer interested in storytelling as well as historical documentation. Even with limited biographical detail available, his work leaves the impression of someone engaged with American history, education, and the civic memory of Detroit.