Archie Binns (July 30, 1899 – June 28, 1971) was an American writer.
Archie Binns was born in
Port Ludlow, Washington
Port Ludlow is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Jefferson County, Washington, United States. It is also the name of the marine inlet on which the community is located. The CDP's population was 2,603 at the 2010 ce ...
and attended high school in
Shelton, Washington. He graduated from
Stanford University
Stanford University, officially Leland Stanford Junior University, is a private research university in Stanford, California. The campus occupies , among the largest in the United States, and enrolls over 17,000 students. Stanford is consider ...
in 1921. Though strongly influenced by his
Pacific Northwest upbringing, Binns moved to
New York City in the 1920s. While at
Charles Scribner's Sons publishing house his editor was
Maxwell Perkins. Binns returned to
Seattle in the 1940s. He taught creative writing at the
University of Washington, at
Western Washington State College
Western Washington University (WWU or Western) is a public university in Bellingham, Washington. The northernmost university in the contiguous United States, WWU was founded in 1893 as the state-funded New Whatcom Normal School, succeeding a pri ...
and Skagit Valley College.
["Archie Binns, NW Author, Dies" ''Seattle Times'', 4 July 1971.]
Binns' first wife Mollie died in 1954. He retired to
Sequim, Washington, in 1964, where he continued to write until his death from a stroke. His second wife, Ellen Binns, survived him and died in 2008. Binns is survived by six children and many grandchildren.
Novels
*''The Maiden Voyage'' (1931)
*''
Lightship Lightship may refer to:
* Lightvessel, a moored ship that has light beacons mounted as navigational aids
* '' The Lightship'', a 1985 American drama film directed by Jerzy Skolimowski
*''The Lightship (novel)'', by Siegfried Lenz on which the film ...
'' (1934) (Appeared on
CBS Radio Workshop)
*''Backwater Voyage'' (1936)
*''The Laurels Are Cut Down'' (1937)
*''The Land is Bright'' (1939)
*''Mighty Mountain'' (1940)
*''Timber Beast'' (1944)
*''You Rolling River'' (1947)
*''The Headwaters'' (1957)
Histories and Biographies
*''Northwest Gateway'' (1941)
*''The Roaring Land'' (1942)
*''Sea in the Forest'' (1953)
*''Mrs Fiske and the American Theatre'' (1955)
*''Peter Skene Ogden: Fur Trader'' (1967)
Juvenile Literature
*''The Radio Imp'' (1950)
*''Secret of Sleeping River'' (1952)
*''Sea Pup'' (1954)
*''The Enchanted Islands'' (1956)
*''Here, Buster!'' (1962)
*''Sea Pup Again'' (1965)
References
Sources
*
External links
* Review of ''Lightship''.
* Review of ''The Laurels Are Cut Down''.
* Review of ''The Land is Bright''.
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20th-century American novelists
20th-century American male writers
Stanford University alumni
Writers from Seattle
Writers from Sequim, Washington
1899 births
1971 deaths
American male novelists
Novelists from Washington (state)
People from Port Ludlow, Washington