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 | |
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| Born | February 3, 1870[1] Denver, Colorado[1] |
| Died | March 11, 1954 (aged 84) |
| Pen name | Lee Robinet |
| Occupation | Novelist, screenwriter |
| Nationality | American |
| Genre | Western, Science fiction |
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.
- ^ a b c d Herringshaw, Thomas William, ed. (1915). Herringshaw's American Blue Book of Biography. Chicago: American Publishers' Association. p. 103.
External links
edit- Robert Ames Bennet at IMDb
- Robert Ames Bennet at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- "Fantastic Fiction". Retrieved 2008-05-12.
- Works by Robert Ames Bennet at Project Gutenberg
- Works by Robert Ames Bennet at Faded Page (Canada)
- Works by or about Robert Ames Bennet at the Internet Archive
- Robert Ames Bennet at Find a Grave
