Robert Ames Bennet



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.

Selected works

 * Thyra: A Romance of the Polar Pit (1901)
 * For The White Christ (1905)
 * 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)
 * 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)