Larry Ruttman
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| Gender | Male |
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| Occupation | Author/Attorney |
| Location | Brookline, Massachusetts |
| Introduction | I was born in Boston, and have lived all my life in Brookline, MA. I served as an USAF officer in the Korean War after graduating UMASS Amherst in 1952. I graduated BC Law School in 1958, and have practiced law since 1958, now doing mostly pro bono work. I started writing fifteen years ago. My first book, "Voices of Brookline" (2005), was a national finalist for an Award of Merit from the American Association of State and Local History. My second book, "American Jews and America's Game: Voices of a Growing Legacy in Baseball" (Nebraska, 2013), was chosen as the #1 baseball book of 2013 among many by Sports Collectors Digest. Both books are biographical cultural histories based on many in-depth interviews. I am now completing a book on classical music, “Voices of Virtuosi: Musicians Reveal Their Musical Minds.” It seeks to illuminate the psyches of accomplished composers and instrumentalists to discover the sources of musical creation. I have been married since 1963 to Lois (Raverby) Ruttman. In 2013, I had the honor of being elected a Fellow of the legendary Massachusetts Historical Society, founded in 1791. |
| Interests | writing, reading, current events, baseball, music, family, friends, and giving, not necessarily in that order. |
| Favorite movies | Casablanca, westerns, MGM musicals, French and English movies, documentaries, love stories like "Sleepless in Seattle." |
| Favorite music | All classical, especially Mozart, Verdi, Beethoven, and Mahler; in pop, especially Sinatra, Streisand, Garland,Rogers and Astaire, Broadway shows, some folk, jazz, and rock. |
| Favorite books | Books on baseball, read mostly American history and biography, some classic and modern American novels, Russian literature and poetry, Tolstoy and Pushkin, Anna Karenina eg. |