Robert Ames Bennet (1870–1954) was an American writer of westerns and science fiction. Early in his career Bennet wrote short stories, drama scripts, and novels for a variety of genres under the pen name Lee Robinet. By the 1930s he was primarily a western writer, penning such stories as Caught in the Wild, Go-Getter Gary, and Guns on the Rio Grande. Several of his novels were made into films, including "Finders Keepers" and "Out of the Depths". His Thyra: A Romance of the Polar Pit is considered a classic of the Lost World genre and is listed in 333: A Bibliography of the Science-Fantasy Novel a collection of the best efforts in Science-Fantasy up to and including 1950.

Robert Ames Bennet
Born (1870-02-03)February 3, 1870[1]
Denver, Colorado[1]
Died March 11, 1954(1954-03-11) (aged 84)
Pen name Lee Robinet
Occupation Novelist, screenwriter
Nationality American
Genre Western, Science fiction
Bennet's "Sunnie of Timberline" was serialized in The Argosy in 1918

Selected works edit

  • Thyra: A Romance of the Polar Pit (1901)
  • For The White Christ (1905) [1]
  • Into The Primitive (1908)
  • A Volunteer With Pike (1909)
  • The Shogun's Daughter (1910)
  • Out of the Primitive (1911)
  • Which One? (1912)
  • Out of the Depths (1913)
  • The Forest Maiden (1913)
  • The Quarterbreed (1914)[1]
  • The Bowl of Baal (1917)
  • The Blond Beast (1918)
  • Bloom of Cactus (1920)
  • Waters of Strife (1920)
  • Tyrrel of the Cow Country (1921)
  • Branded (1924)
  • The Two-Gun Man (1924)
  • The Rough Rider (1925)
  • Go-Getter Gary (1926)
  • The Desert Girl (1928)
  • The Tenderfoot (1928)
  • The Sheepmans Gold (1929)
  • Ken the Courageous (1930)
  • Caught In The Wild (1932)
  • Vengeance Valley (1933)
  • The Diamond "A" Girl (1933)
  • Guns on the Rio Grande (1934)
  • The Deadwood Trail (1934)
  • The Two-Gun Girl (1934)
  • Texas Man (1934)
  • White Buffalo (1935)
  • Man against Mustang (1936)
  • The Brand Blotters (1939)

References edit

  • Clute, John; Peter Nicholls (1995). The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. New York: St. Martin's Griffin. pp. 108–109. ISBN 0-312-13486-X.
  1. ^ a b c d Herringshaw, Thomas William, ed. (1915). Herringshaw's American Blue Book of Biography. Chicago: American Publishers' Association. p. 103.

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