title: Just By Accident: Adventures of a Modern Vagabond
author:  Ben Benson 
description: This book was published in cooperation with Trafford Publishing, Victoria, B.C. Canada.
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  **JIM CHRISTY**
  
   _A VAGABOND LIFE_
  
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   **IAN CUTLER**
  
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   **FERAL HOUSE**
  
  > > > > > > For  
  > JIM CHRISTY  
  > and  
  > VAGABONDS  
  > EVERYWHERE
  
   _CONTENTS_
  
   **FOREWORD**
  
   **PROLOGUE**
  
   **VAGABONDS, MOBSTERS, GUNSLINGERS, AND FREAKS**
  
   **ESCAPE FROM SUBURBIA**
  
   **1965**
  
   **FROM GANGSTER TO DRAFT DODGER VIA SUMMER OF LOVE**
  
   **ON BECOMING CANADIAN**
  
   **ROUGH ROAD TO THE NORTH AND A NOTE ON THE MOVIES**
  
   **THE VAGABOND ADVENTURER AT HOME AND ABROAD**
  
   **NARROWING HORIZONS AND WORK AS AN ARTIST**
  
   **PHOTO GALLERY**
  
   **EPILOGUE: ANATOMY OF THE VAGABOND-PHHOSOPHER**
  
   **BIBLIOGRAPHY**
  
   **FOREWORD** **BY LUIS E. NAVIA**
  
   **T** he only way to truly learn from a philosopher is to recall the way he
  or she lived. Actions are the definitive measure of the effort that has been
  made. That is, the effort to shed light on the uncertain road ahead, in an
  earnest attempt to help others make their way throu