Barry Krantz was lucky enough to grow up in a small town in the late forties and fifties, one where you knew just about everyone's name. You also knew anyone in town who would help you out if you needed it, and you'd help them in return.

Growing up in Lawrence, Indiana, in the forties, Barry first met his lifelong friend, Richard, a.k.a. Rocky, in the first grade. In Mammaries, his memoir, he looks back on the fun and the crazy pranks that he and his buddies played on just about everyone when they were growing up; in a small town, you could invent your own fun. He reminisces about going...