E. von (Eginhard) Barfus

Born on November 7, 1825, and dying on February 20, 1909, Eginhard von Barfus was a German author remembered for adventure fiction. Reference works identify him as a novelist and writer for young readers, and German biographical sources describe him in connection with popular tales of travel and exploration.

His novels often took place far from Germany, with settings such as the Cheyenne frontier, Samoa, the Klondike, and colonial Africa. That mix of distant landscapes, action, and suspense helped make his work part of the tradition of late 19th-century adventure writing for younger readers.

Today, Barfus is mainly encountered through library catalogs, digitized editions, and public-domain collections, where works such as Op Samoa and Die Ansiedler am Cheyenne are still traceable. While he is not as widely known now as some of his contemporaries, his fiction offers a clear window into the tastes and imagination of his era.