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Ever dreamed of riding down the highway with one of your favorite professional wrestlers, listening to all those fascinating stories of the road, while being regaled with tales that could be told only by someone who’s really lived the life in the wrestling business?

That’s what it’s like reading Dutch Mantell’s new book, “The World According to Dutch,” a delightful romp through the wrestler’s colorful career.

Mantell has done just about everything in the wrestling business — from wrestling bears, to wrestling in prisons, to escaping bloodthirsty fans in Puerto Rico.

And he’s loved every minute of it, and it shows on every page of his book.

Mantell will be the first to lower expectations of those seeking smooth literary prose in this 272-page compilation of wrestling stories. But that’s part of the charm of “The World According to Dutch.” It reads as if you were on one of those long road trips with Dutch, the type of trips he took for so many years while breaking into the business during the territorial days. The only things missing are the balogna and the bread, commonly known as “bologna blowouts,” then the sustenance of grapplers on the road.
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