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

American OZ is a gritty, adventurous story of life in the secretive subculture of traveling carnivals.

With a dash of Studs Terkel, John Steinbeck, Jack Kerouac, Tony Horwitz, and even Hunter S.

Thompson, this book takes you on an unforgettable journey behind the scenes of America's most colorful and mysterious roadside attractions.

From freaks to pimps, insult-clowns to dunk tanks, and the last King of the Sideshows, Comerford shares bold and inspiring true stories of a year working on the road with the legends of carnivals.

With a unique blend of humor, danger, and heart, American OZ exposes the truths about seasonal work, labor abuse, and living between two worlds.

It's a new classic American road story that will leave you questioning what it means to be an American and connected to the world around us.