Humorous stories about a small town in the 40s and 50s. A time when everyone was poor but didn't know it, nobody locked their door, and storytelling was an art.
Those who know the author or have heard him speak are not surprised to hear that he has written a witty and delightfully humorous book. The fact that the narrative is about his misspent youth in his small hometown makes the book just that much better. The author has been described as a concoction between Will Rogers and Garrison Keillor.
Larry was born in 1935 and raised in West Middletown, a small town in southwestern Pennsylvania. He started school in a one-room school called Possum Hollow. During his teen years he worked in his Father's country store. Larry signed a professional baseball contract with the Pittsburgh Pirate Organization. His baseball career was cut short by the Selective Service Draft. After two years as a U.S. Paratrooper he attended Waynesburg College in Waynesburg, PA. where he graduated in 1963 with top honors in the business department. He did graduate studies at Loyola College in Baltimore, MD. He retired in 1998 from Kimberly Clark Corporation as Senior Vice President. Mr. Farrar and his wife Roberta live in Neenah, WI. They have two sons and
