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)

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