Lar­ry Ruttman is the author of Voic­es of Brook­line, a nation­al final­ist for the Award of Mer­it of the Amer­i­can Asso­ci­a­tion of State and Local His­to­ry. He has prac­ticed law in Boston for more than fifty years and pro­duces and hosts a tele­vi­sion inter­view show in his home­town of Brook­line, Massachusetts.