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The Carny Kid: Survival of a Young Thief
The Carny Kid Survival of a Young Thief
Author: Kenneth Kahn
Kenny Kahn tells the spellbinding story of being the oldest child of two small-time carnival thieves who make their living as traveling gypsies and then graduate to dealing heroin from their apartment in the housing projects of Los Angeles. It's an inside view of carnival life, of living in a cocaine-selling "shooting gallery" apartment and of s...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780976111504
ISBN-10: 0976111500
Publication Date: 1/2005
Pages: 224
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Publisher: Pendant Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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Another story of a person overcoming a horrendous childhood. A tad repetitive but entertaining nonetheless; and a good primer on the carney "trade." In fact, I'll never go on a midway again without a firm hand on my wallet


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