Just Go Down to the Road: A Memoir of Trouble and Travel

'An engrossing account of a young man discovering what he wants to do with his life.'--Michael Dirda, Washington Post 'This deftly written memoir . . . is the story of a writer finding his own voice.'―The Wall Street Journal 'Just Go Down to the Road brings an exciting time in world and literary history to life. It's a remarkable travel account that began with the simple suggestion: 'Just go down to the road, Jim. You'll get a lift .''―Foreword Reviews 'An enthralling and compulsively readable memoir: James Campbell is a marvelously charming teller of his improbable progress from high school dropout to literary critic and intellectual. There is no resisting the humor and modesty, the humanity and tenderness of his vivid account.'--Phillip Lopate, author of To Show and to Tell: The Craft of Literary Nonfiction In Just Go Down to the Road, James Campbell, a native Glaswegian, recounts his years as an incipient juvenile delinquent (arrested for stealing books ) and his young adulthood