George B. (George Burton) Thayer

George Burton Thayer (1853–1928) was an American writer best known for firsthand, experience-driven books. Library records identify him as the compiler of History of Company K, First Connecticut Volunteer Infantry, During the Spanish-American War (1899), a detailed regimental history rooted in the conflict of 1898.

He also wrote travel and memoir-style works, including In Hell—Shut In—At the Outbreak of the Great War, 1914, which suggests a talent for turning difficult, immediate events into readable narrative. Taken together, the surviving records show an author drawn to real-world action rather than fiction, with interests spanning military service, travel, and eyewitness storytelling.

Reliable biographical detail beyond his dates and published works is limited in the sources I could confirm, so the safest picture is of a late 19th- and early 20th-century American nonfiction author whose books preserve moments of war and travel from a personal point of view.