{"product_id":"american-oz-michael-sean-comerford-9781952693014","title":"American OZ: An Astonishing Year Inside Traveling Carnivals at State Fairs \u0026 Festivals: Hitchhiking From California to New York, Alaska to Mexico","description":"\u003cp\u003e The real traveling carnival is in the pathos behind the scenes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e American Oz is a rollicking, gritty, adventurous story of life in the secretive subculture of traveling carnivals. You'll never see your state fair or neighborhood festival the same way again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Comerford writes a bold, inspiring true story of a year working behind the scenes with the colorful characters and legends of carnivals. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e He becomes the #1 hitchhiker in the USA and a top agent at the State Fair of Texas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Comerford finds carnival people seeking meaning and love in their lives, and the answers always seem to be somewhere down the road.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Sean Comerford\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1952693012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781952693014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Comerford Publishing LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/15\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 530\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.54lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.07d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLarge Print\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Michael Sean Comerford","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48799038800127,"sku":"9781952693014","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/american-oz-michael-sean-comerford-9781952693014","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}