American OZ

American OZ is an American masterpiece ... The brilliance of the book is in Comerford's sensitive and honorable way he details and describes the people - specifically the carnival workers. They are America's working poor. Kerry Lavelle, author, Lavelle Law Ltd. Majestic! Columnist, author, broadcaster Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune. A remarkable book, colorful, lively and filled with a cast of characters that would do a Fellini movie justice. Brilliant WGN 720 AM In search of astounding stories for his book, American OZ, journalist Michael Sean Comerford ... spent a year trekking 21,570 miles, mostly by hitchhiking across North America as a modern-day Odysseus ... A glorious, dangerous, lonely, exhilarating, joyful and life-altering year, Daily Herald Columnist Burt Constable. Reminiscent of The Big Fish and the gritty writings of Studs Terkel and John Steinbeck, with a dash of Jack Kerouac, Tony Horwitz, and even Hunter S. Thompson thrown in, American OZ will take you on the adventure of a lifetime. It will kick your COVID blues. Stephen Reddick, historian, educator Lyrical journalism. The prose is often lovely, and humorous at the same time, and succinct. But this book at its core is not poetry ... Comerford is a reporter at heart, and it shows. Mike Nichols, president, Badger Institute, and former Milwaukee Journal columnist. Unlike any book I've ever read! Buckle up and get ready for this book to bring you on the ride of a lifetime! Suzy Martin, writer/journalist Having been born and raised in the carnival business, I found it to be an extremely authentic look behind the curtain. When the lights go off you are escorted through the real life world of traveling carnivals and the people who move them. Dave Galyon. His brothers Donnie and Ronnie Galyon were conjoined twins with their own carnival exhibition.