A Salty Piece of Land

Jimmy Buffett, bestselling author of "Tales from Margaritaville" and hero to "parrotheads" everywhere, flies back into view with a novel set in the Caribbean, involving a lighthouse, a mystery, a wild cast of characters, and more than a few bottles of tequila. Raucous, wise, and familiar with the world's wonderful strangeness, "A Salty Piece of Land" is the escapism at its best.

Jimmy Buffett is the author of #1 bestseller A Salty Piece of Land as well as A Pirate Looks at Fifty, Tales From Margaritalville, which was on the bestseller list for seven months, and the #1 bestseller Where Is Joe Merchant? Buffett is also a singer and songwriter with many hit singles and legions of fans. He has his own record company, his own radio station, and chains of restaurants and stores.

Author's Note

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1 The Soul of the Light

1

(15)

2 The Song of the Ocean

16

(11)

3 The Patron Saint of Lightning

27

(20)

4 Dreaming of Columbus

47

(15)

5 Land of the Lost Boys

62

(14)

6 How Nightmares Turn into Dreams

76

(11)

7 Pancakes Make the World Go Round

87

(26)

8 One Man's Cathedral

113

(19)

9 Fish Tales

132

(17)

10 Into Everyone's Life a Coconut Man Should Fall

149

(16)

11 Tree House of the Mayan Moon

165

(17)

12 If I Were Like Lightning

182

(3)

13 Grandma Ghost

185

(13)

14 Everybody Out of the Pool

198

(15)

15 Schooner Fever

213

(6)

16 Dinner and a Show

219

(15)

17 The Dance of Life and Death

234

(20)

18 Leap, and the Net Will Appear

254

(8)

19 And the Wind Cries Mary

262

(21)

20 Hello from the Netherworld

283

(3)

21 Quiet Time

286

(12)

22 Any Place Named After the Holy Ghost Is Fine with Me

298

(18)

23 Well, Hello, Cowboy

316

(12)

24 Some Days There's Just Magic in the Air

328

(7)

25 Shackletons or Magellans They Are Not

335

(13)

26 Ground Zero

348

(9)

27 One Thousand One...One Thousand Two

357

(13)

28 A Little Family Fun

370

(7)

29 Take Me to Your Blender

377

(9)

30 A Cowboy Float

386

(9)

31 Belly to Belly

395

(8)

32 Somebody Call a Witch Doctor

403

(14)

33 Put on Your Sailin' Shoes

417

(9)

34 On the Case

426

(14)

35 Trying to Catch a Little Neutral

440

(10)

36 Not a Bad-Looking Piece of Driftwood

450

(12)

37 The Spare Bulb

462

(75)

38 From a Distance

537

(31)

39 Catching the Tail of the Comet

568

(15)

40 The Seconds Between Light and Dark

583

(10)

41 On the Back of a Crocodile

593

(6)

42 Gone Fishing

599

(6)

43 A Gang of Lady Pirates

605

(27)

44 Boats to Build

632

(9)

Epilogue: Survivors

641

(5)

Afterword

646

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A Salty Piece of Land

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