E. von (Eginhard) Barfus

Born on November 7, 1825, on Gut Tetzleben near Treptow an der Tollense in Pomerania, and dying on February 20, 1909, in Munich, he was a German author remembered especially for adventure novels.

Reference sources consistently describe him as a writer of adventure fiction, and surviving bibliographic records show a long list of titles centered on exploration, colonial frontiers, and faraway settings. Works associated with him include stories set in the American West, Africa, the Klondike, and Samoa, which helps explain his appeal to readers looking for action, travel, and suspense.

Today, he is mainly encountered through library catalogs, digitized editions, and historical collections, where his fiction offers a glimpse of the reading tastes and popular imagination of the late 1800s.