Byron Farwell

Byron Edgar Farwell (June 20, 1921 – August 3, 1999) was an American military historian, biographer, and politician. He was the mayor of Hillsboro, Virginia, for three terms. He also worked for Chrysler, and was the author of 14 books and published articles in various national publications.

Biography Farwell was born in Manchester, Iowa, on June 20, 1921. He graduated from Ohio State University and the University of Chicago (M.A., 1968). He served in World War II as a captain and later also saw combat in the Korean War. He left the military after seven years of active duty.

His wife was named Ruth. The couple had three children During part of the 1960s he lived in Switzerland and London. As mayor of the town, Farwell became known for coming into conflict with the state and federal governments over items such as the census or regulation of the health department. He was paid $50 a year as mayor. Burton: A Biography of Sir Richard Francis Burton (1963), The Gurkhas (1984), The Great War in Africa, 1914–1918 (1986), Armies of the Raj: from the Mutiny to Independence, 1858-1947 (1989), The Great Anglo-Boer War (1990), and Over There: The United States in the Great War, 1917-1918 (1999).

BooksLet's Take a Trip in Our Car [children's book] (1954)Walter P. Chrysler (1957)The Man Who Presumed: A Biography of Henry M. Stanley (1957) Burton: A Biography of Sir Richard Francis Burton (1963)Prisoners of the Mahdi (1967) Queen Victoria's Little Wars (1972) ; UK edition (1973) The Great Anglo-Boer War (1976) ; UK edition The Great Boer War (1977) Mr. Kipling's Army: All the Queen's Men (1981) ; UK edition For Queen and Country: A Social History of the Victorian and Edwardian Army (1981) The Gurkhas (1984) Eminent Victorian Soldiers: Seekers of Glory (1985) The Great War in Africa, 1914–1918 (1986) Armies of the Raj: from the Mutiny to Independence, 1858-1947 (1989) Ball's Bluff: A Small Battle and Its Long Shadow (1990), McLean, Virginia: EPM Publications. Stonewall: A Biography of General Thomas J. Jackson (1992) Over There: The United States in the Great War, 1917-1918'' (1999)