Cornelia Handcock’s Civil War

Book Discussion with Author Carolyn Ivanoff

Join former Shelton resident Carolyn Ivanoff as she joins us to discuss her new book “Cornelia Handcock’s Civil War”. Carolyn is is a retired high school administrator, educator, and independent historian. She writes and speaks about American history in a variety of formats and venues. As an author, researcher, and presenter her work focuses on 19th century America, including social, medical, and material culture, the American Civil War, and Connecticut. At the heart of her research and published works are firsthand, primary source accounts of the people of the Civil War generation.