American Oz : an astonishing year inside traveling carnivals
(Book - Regular Print)
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[Chicago, Illinois] : Comerford Publishing, [2020].
Physical Desc
311 pages : map ; 24 cm
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Published
[Chicago, Illinois] : Comerford Publishing, [2020].
Format
Book - Regular Print
Language
English
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"Hitchhiking From California to New York, Alaska to Mexico." -- Cover
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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 street festival the same way again. 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. 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 finds carnival people seeking meaning and love in their lives, and the answers always seem to be somewhere down the road.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Comerford, M. S. (2020). American Oz: an astonishing year inside traveling carnivals . Comerford Publishing.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Comerford, Michael Sean. 2020. American Oz: An Astonishing Year Inside Traveling Carnivals. Comerford Publishing.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Comerford, Michael Sean. American Oz: An Astonishing Year Inside Traveling Carnivals Comerford Publishing, 2020.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Comerford, Michael Sean. American Oz: An Astonishing Year Inside Traveling Carnivals Comerford Publishing, 2020.
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