Tom Ratliff

Tom teaches Connecticut History and Principles of Education at Central Connecticut State University. He also teaches in the Online Program for the Community Colleges of Connecticut. He is currently writing a book about Connecticut history for middle school-aged students. With Carole B. Shmurak he is the co-author of the Matty Trescott novels—a six-book series set in the Civil War era under the pseudonym Carroll Thomas.

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