E. von (Eginhard) Barfus

Born in 1825, Eginhard von Barfus was a German author best known for adventure stories written for young readers. LibraryThing lists him as a German writer, born on November 7, 1825, and deceased on February 20, 1909.

His fiction often reached far beyond Germany, with titles set in places such as Africa and the Klondike. That sense of distance and danger gave his work an energetic, travel-filled appeal that suited the tastes of readers in the late 1800s.

He is also remembered as a former military officer, a background that likely shaped the discipline and action found in his storytelling. Today, he is chiefly of interest to readers curious about classic German youth literature and the adventure fiction of the imperial era.