"A rollercoaster ride of laughter and tears from The Great Depression to the Elvis Fifties."

    At age five, Bill Ray Jackson hammers the drum for the carnival’s “Belles of Broadway;” shills for Pitchman, the midway magician; and takes tickets for Hydra, the Two Headed Goat.

"The subtitle of this book is no exaggeration; Jackson' childhood was     certainly extraordinary. "

"It made me laugh; it made me cry.  Thank you, Mr. Jackson, for writing such a provoking, yet feel good, book."

 "Even someone who had never heard of "Bill Jackson" before will I'm sure be moved by the story..."

"Jean Shepherd, the one who created Ralphy (The Christmas Story), has been dead for almost 10 years now, which left a void. But, then The Only Kid On The Carnival comes along and fills that void."