American OZ
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"Reminiscent of ... the gritty writings of Studs Terkel and John Steinbeck, with a dash of Jack Kerouac, Tony Horwitz, and even Hunter S. Thompson." Review!
"Majestic ... Deep Observations About Life!" -- Chicago Tribune.
American OZ is a rollicking, gritty, adventurous story of life in the secretive subculture of…
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1 author picked American OZ as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I didn’t know I was curious about the secret lives of those that work for the carnival and circuses. There is much fiction written about it, but I never knew what it was really like, boots on the ground working in the “secretive subculture of traveling carnivals.” Who are the people who are drawn or forced into this work? What are their lives like before and after carnival work? What's life like on the road?
I was drawn to this book because I felt a kinship to the story of what life is like living between two worlds as I…
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