Archie Binns

Archie Binns (1899 Port Ludlow, WA – 1971 Sequim, WA) was an American author.

He graduated from Stanford University in 1921. Though strongly influenced by his Pacific Northwest upbringing, Binns moved to New York, NY in the 1920s. While at Charles Scribner's Sons publishing house his editor was Maxwell Perkins. Binns returned to Seattle in the 1940s and retired to Sequim, WA in 1964, where he continued to write until his death from a stroke. He is survived by his second wife, Ellen Binns, six children, and many grandchildren.

Novels

*"The Maiden Voyage" (1931)
*"Light Ship" (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)
*"Sea Pup Again" (1965)

External links

* [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,757663,00.html Time Magazine Review (1937) of "The Laurels Are Cut Down"]
* [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,747812,00.html Time Magazine Review (1934) of "Lightship"]
* [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,788986,00.html Time Magazine Review (1939) of "The Land is Bright"]