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Robert Ames Bennet
1870–1954
A Colorado-born storyteller who moved easily between rugged western adventures and early science fiction, he built a career on fast-moving plots and a vivid feel for the American frontier.
7 Audiobooks
Bloom of Cactus
by Robert Ames Bennet
Out of the Primitive
by Robert Ames Bennet
Into the Primitive
by Robert Ames Bennet
The Shogun's Daughter
by Robert Ames Bennet
A Volunteer with Pike The True Narrative of One Dr. John Robinson and of His Love for the Fair Señorita Vallois
by Robert Ames Bennet
For the White Christ: A Story of the Days of Charlemagne
by Robert Ames Bennet
Out of the Depths: A Romance of Reclamation
by Robert Ames Bennet
About the author
Robert Ames Bennet was an American writer born in Denver in 1870 and died in 1954. He wrote westerns and science fiction, and early in his career he also produced short stories, drama scripts, and novels in several genres. Some of that work appeared under the pen name Lee Robinet.
His reputation today rests largely on the way he bridged popular frontier fiction with imaginative adventure. Alongside western novels, he wrote science-fiction and lost-world tales such as Thyra and The Bowl of Baal, showing an interest in both action and speculative ideas.
Bennet's work also reached early film audiences: several silent movies were based on his writing. That mix of western energy, pulp-era invention, and screen-friendly storytelling gives his books a lively, accessible charm for modern listeners.