Alan D. Gaff (born 1948) is an American military historian, best known for his books focusing on American wars such as On Many a Bloody Field (1997), Bayonets in the Wilderness (2004), Blood in the Argonne (2005), and for his memoir on Lou Gehrig titled Lou Gehrig: The Lost Memoir (2020). A graduate of Ball State University and Indiana University, he is the recipient of an Award of Merit from the Wisconsin Historical Society.[1][2][3][4][5]

Selected works edit

  • Brave Men's Tears: The Iron Brigade at Brawner Farm. Morningside. 1985. ISBN 978-0-89029-317-1.
  • If this is War: A History of the Campaign of Bull's Run by the Wisconsin Regiment Thereafter Known as the Ragged Ass Second. Morningside. 1991. ISBN 978-0-89029-536-6.
  • Gaff (1997). On Many a Bloody Field: Four Years in the Iron Brigade. Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-21294-8.
  • Bayonets in the Wilderness: Anthony Wayne's Legion in the Old Northwest. University of Oklahoma Press. 2004. ISBN 978-0-8061-3585-4.
  • Blood in the Argonne: The "Lost Battalion" of World War I. University of Oklahoma Press. 2005. ISBN 978-0-8061-3696-7.
  • Lou Gehrig: The Lost Memoir. Simon and Schuster. 2020. ISBN 978-1-9821-3241-5.
  • Field of Corpses: Arthur St. Clair and the Death of an American Army. Knox Press. 2023. ISBN 978-1-63758-505-4.

References edit

  1. ^ Boylen, Patrick (4 July 2013). "Alan Gaff". Whatzup. Archived from the original on 2 February 2023. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
  2. ^ Bradford, James C. (3 November 2009). A Companion to American Military History. John Wiley & Sons. p. 61. ISBN 978-1-4443-1511-0.
  3. ^ Herdegen, Lance J. (21 September 2005). The Men Stood Like Iron: How the Iron Brigade Won Its Name. Indiana University Press. p. 231. ISBN 978-0-253-21825-4.
  4. ^ Skaggs, David Curtis; Nelson, Larry L. (1 January 2012). Sixty Years' War for the Great Lakes, 1754-1814. MSU Press. p. XX. ISBN 978-1-60917-218-3.
  5. ^ "Alan D. Gaff". Simon & Schuster. Retrieved 22 September 2023.