American OZ: An Astonishing Year Inside Traveling Carnivals at State Fairs & Festivals: Hitchhiking California to New York, Alaska to Mexico

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"𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐭 ... 𝐅𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐃𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐎𝐛𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐀𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞" — 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐠𝐨 𝐓𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐮𝐧𝐞 American Oz is a rollicking, gritty, adventurous story of life in the secretive subculture of traveling carnivals. Comerford writes a bold, inspiring true story of a year working behind the scenes with the colorful characters and legends of carnivals. He shares stories of freaks, a carnival pimp, a tramp gold miner, and the last King of the Sideshows. An insult dunk tank clown is shot. Masked gunmen rob his carnival. And a young showman friend dies on the road. It's a new classic American road story as he hitchhikes to shows in California, New Jersey, New York, Chicago, Alaska, Minnesota, Oklahoma, Texas, Georgia, and Florida where he works in a freak show - but they don't let him on stage because they "didn't see the inner freak in me." He becomes the #1 hitchhiker in the USA and a top agent at the State Fair of Texas. He travels to the lawless foothills of Mexico to see the new face of the American carny. He exposes the truths about immigration, labor abuse, and living between two worlds. Comerford discovers people seeking meaning and love in their lives in a world hidden from the crowds. "𝐁𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐈 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝, 𝐈'𝐦 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧!" Amazon Reviewer.