James Brown discusses his book, Lucky Town, which follows the lives of an irresponsible father and his loyal son in the American West during the 1960s, living outside the law. The story is told through the eyes of the boy as he watches his father gamble and steal with a new girlfriend in tow. Ultimately, the young narrator realizes that he cannot stay with his father, and strikes out on his own to become responsible for his own actions rather than blaming those actions and choices on an unjust “system” as his father does. Brown wanted to convey, through the young narrators realization that his father’s lifestyle will only lead to tragedy, to suggest that we did not need to rely on others to forge our way in this world and that we have the ability to make different choices, of our own, that can make us successful and responsible individuals. Brown also discusses the trials and tribulations of being a writer and a teacher.
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