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Tales from Margaritaville (stories) and Where Is Joe Merchant? (a mystery) secured songwriter Jimmy Buffett's niche reputation as an affable, poetic beach bum. A Pirate Looks at Fifty, a travel-diary-cum-autobiography, features Buffett behind the wheel of his Grumman Albatross seaplane, safely piloting family and friends through a three-week trip around South and Central America and the Caribbean. He blends gentle scenic narration with rambling, unplugged life stories meant to convey that he's made peace with the whole aging process. For Buffett, turning 50 "can be a ball of snakes that conjures up immediate thoughts of mortality and accountability. (`What have I done with my life?') Or, it can be a great excuse to reward yourself for just getting there. (`He who dies with the most toys wins.') I instinctively chose door number two." On this tack, Buffett plans an opulent, laid-back trip for his brood and goes into so many details about his favorite possessions (three pages on knapsacks!) that the cheerful vagabond in flip-flops is nearly eclipsed by the rich, domesticated businessman/dad he's become. In addition, stinging losses and limitations--his dad's Alzheimer's disease, his own terrifying solo plane crash in 1996--creep into his cozy yarns. Yet Buffett's infectious, grinning attitude towards life eventually finds resurrection in extended riffs on fly-fishing, solo piloting over water, and surfing. In such passages, he earns his claim to a "saline psyche," a legacy inherited from his grandfather, skipper of a five-masted barkentine that ferried lumber from New Orleans to the Caribbean. Sailing and soaring over Atlantic, Caribbean, and Pacific seas, Buffett looks at 50 and sees a very good life.

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From Publishers Weekly

The breezy pop craftsman of "Margaritaville" and "Cheeseburger in Paradise" famously spends most of his time sailing, trotting out 1970s chestnuts on the summer tour circuit?and writing. Buffett's bestselling Tales from Margaritaville (1989) and Where Is Joe Merchant? (1992), among other books, created a world of sun-baked characters whose doings bore some resemblance to those of their author. This memoir draws back the curtain between fact and fiction, and genially takes stock in a manner likely to appeal to the Me generation. Though he rambles, repeats himself and may even raise hackles ("I have been too warped by Catholicism not to be cynical"), Buffett is earnest and unapologetic in his hedonism, seeing his mock pirate's life as the antithesis of the conformity foisted on him as a child in Alabama. In a series of loosely chronological vignettes, Buffett quickly takes us from his bar-band beginnings to a brush with death when he crashes one of his fleet of seaplanes. A lower-latitude voyage with his family (in a newer, bigger plane) to celebrate his 50th birthday makes up the bulk of the book, and takes them from Florida to the Cayman Islands, Costa Rica, Colombia and the Amazon. The diaristic logbook that Buffett keeps along the way provides endless opportunities to muse on the music business; his older, wilder ways; navigation and, on the horizon, approaching mortality. Buffett's prose won't itself win him more "parrotheads" (as his fans are called), but those with enough patience or reverence to wade through long descriptions of beloved gear, favorite books or "fucking tikki pukki drinks" will find beneath these amblings a disarmingly direct character. Simultaneous audio, CD and large-print edition; author tour. Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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Product details

Hardcover: 458 pages

Publisher: Random House; 1st edition (June 1998)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0679435271

ISBN-13: 978-0679435273

Product Dimensions:

6.8 x 1.8 x 10 inches

Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)

Average Customer Review:

4.3 out of 5 stars

172 customer reviews

Amazon Best Sellers Rank:

#343,392 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

This is a book about what Jimmy Buffett, his family and entourage did for his 50th birthday (Dec 25, 1996). It's kind of like a 400+ page blog -- but before blogs existed, so he wrote yet another NY Times bestseller.On the whole, I don't understand the one-star reviews. I think some of these "parrotheads" were caught by surprise at how wealthy they've made Mr. Buffett, because this dude is RICH. I mean, c'mon, this birthday getaway included two planes (his own Grumman Albatross -- for him, his guy pals, his young son and all the stuff in both entourages -- and his other plane -- a Cessna Citation II jet for his wife, daughters and her pals). Their trip itinerary covered Costa Rica, Colombia, Manaus, Brazil (the heart of the Amazon), Trinidad & Tobago, the Grenadines (Bequia, St. Vincent, Grenada), St. Barts, the Bahamas and back home. 3 weeks in paradise, flying around, fishing and partying. He didn't surf all that much, I was sorry to hear. He mused that this was the "first time in ten years we haven't spent Christmas in Aspen." Oh yeah, included in the entourage were his pilots, personal assistants, etc.So much of the book was taken up with the day-to-day goings-on with their trip. For the most part, Buffett family vacations seem to be separate-but-equal affairs as Jimmy revealed that he and his wife have different ideas about transportation, people to hang with, things to do, etc -- thus he and wife came together for some things, but most of the time it seemed Jimmy was trying to get in some surfing and fishing and hang with his kids.He says he's "not a deep thinker," but all you have to do is listen to some of his ballads and you know that's a lie. In this book, he reveals some interesting facts about his life growing up, how he and his late father strongly disagreed on the arc of his life and how it came about that he became a musician. There were some moments when he let his hair down (as it were) and he discussed how he and his Dad healed their relationship -- and how he tried to keep close to him as his condition worsened with Alzheimer's.The part that was most irritating for me was his constant bitching about his years in Catholic school. You'd think a healthy, happily-married rock star/writer/surfer/producer/pilot/fisherman mogul-dude turning 50 with the ability to satisfy every material desire could let that stuff go, but he kept it up throughout the book. Another irritant was his constant mentioning of brands. His own stuff -- only the best of course (and why the hell not??) -- and other more mundane stuff was all "branded." You wonder if Buffett the "bidnessman" worked out endorsement deals with some of these companies when he wrote the book.He's also been fortunate to have met a lot of people -- famous and not so famous -- at the top of their respective fields and clearly, many of these people are good friends.I could relate to some of the stories he told as I was fortunate to have hung out on St. Bart's a couple decades ago and his stories of the place brought back some good memories. That airport IS something else, by the way. He should've done some more surfing in Costa Rica though. I'm sure he has since this was written.Another thing was that it was obvious he's kind of a private guy and although with this book he gives the parrotheads some red meat to chew on, he definitely holds a lot of cards close to the vest. We don't learn hardly anything about his wife, for example, other than she's kind of a hard ass and that they've worked things out so each gets what they want. I get the impression that she's the gatekeeper in the relationship -- she keeps him focused on certain things or else he'd be doing his adventure thing the whole time. She obviously plays a major role in the family unit is what I'm saying. In fairness, though, his admiration for her appears to be sincere.The book had a lot of anecdotes and interesting factoids about his career, especially the early years, too, although I'd have liked to have found out more about Fingers Taylor, his old harmonica player and why they're not playing together anymore. Well, he's had probably 100 or more Coral Reefers, but Taylor was a critical part of his early sound and I've often wondered about that.Buffett lives the kind of life most can only dream about. He really does get to do almost anything he wants -- but he's real bright, a good "bidnessman" and understands that it's all because of the incredible loyalty of the parrotheads -- who rival the deadheads in their devotion and willingness to spend tons of money on Buffett concert tickets, food at his restaurants, and all kinds of overpriced trinkets, t-shirts, sunglasses, you-name-it, not to mention CDs, Mp3s, etc. He's been able to sell the "Margaritaville" lifestyle world-wide and it just keeps on humming. Not bad for a former college-dropout New Orleans busker -- whose best work was done more than 30 years ago. This continued loyalty has made Buffett immensely wealthy. This book is about how he spends a small part of this wealth in his free time -- in addition to the stories and asides about his interesting and eventful life -- that are much more interesting than the logistics of the trip -- although the time spent in customs hell in Barranquilla was pretty funny. Even the wealthiest folks sometimes have to put up with crap.All in all, it was a pretty interesting read. 3 Stars.

We really enjoy books written by Jimmy Buffett. They are well written, humorous and easy reads. A Pirate Looks at Fifty has moments of poignancy, humor and interesting tidbits about Jimmy's life. Since we are Jimmy Buffet fans, we both really enjoy this book. We have had A Pirate Looks at Fifty for a few years and find ourselves reaching for it from the bookshelf when we want a light, entertaining read for travel or for lazy days at the beach or on boat trips. I recommend this book and also suggest looking into purchasing other books written by Jimmy Buffett.

I have only read a little, I decided to save it for my vacation at the beach. Jimmy Buffet I'd a very good writer. Book was in great condition and priced Right.

This travel diary, autobiography, Buffett philosophy, & memoir is something I've had on the shelf for several years, and not too excited about pulling it down for a read. I'm not a huge Buffett fan (he had only a couple of big musical hits with Cheese Burgers in Paradise and Margaritaville, but he continues to record music, publish books, and has a rabid fan base of Parrotheads). The dude is laid back, loves squeezing every bit of life he can into each day, loves his family, has no religion (he dwells on that issue a few too many times......a disillusioned Catholic).......and flying his seaplane and fishing are his addictions. Basically, Buffett takes a 3 week seaplane trip into the Caribbean, Central and South America to celebrate and reflect on his life and turning fifty. Actually, the book was published in 1998 and Buffett is turning 60 this month.......I wonder if he'll write another book about turning 60? Buffett has been lucky in life. Though he's done things in his past that he can look back upon and laugh about (or breathe a sigh of relief that he survived), at age fifty he reflects back. He has considerably cleaned up his act, though he's still no angel. The book is part travelog and history, autobiography, Buffett philosophy, great and not-so great Buffett stories from his rock and roll past. A mishmash of wherever his mind wanders. He's a great story-teller and his laid-back sense of adventure is lots of fun. He's been a wild man during his life and done things that I'd never do, but I can certainly laugh about (and sometimes relate to). I too was a wild man in my younger days. I'm not proud of everything I always did, but thank goodness you get smarter with age, and I am now a saint (ha ha). The dude, the Caribbean, sailing, flying, his music, fishing, and lots of odd-balls stories........lots of fun. It's a book for mature audiences, so the kids have to wait to read this one. I think it's a book for any Buffett-lover and a great "guy" book. Mellow and wild. I'm still no fan of his music, but I did enjoy this book. I certainly recommend it.

"A Pirate Turns Fifty" may be one of those idioms of that time and place where a generation of North Americans found some sense of becoming, and then, of being, the first generation of people born beyond the confines of an adversarial view of the human condition.If you enjoy the humor intrinsic in the human experience, Jimmy Buffet serves up a feast of anedotes, yarns, and healthy fictional illusions that repeatedly hit on the folly of taking things too seriously. This little volume exposes Buffet as a truly gifted humorist in a time when humor was verging on the obscene and purely pessimistic side of life. Interleafed with autobiographical sketches, Buffet does a wonderful job at entertaining in the style that Mark Twain so lavishly conjured into American Literature.If you're a Boomer, this is Jimmy's BOOMER ON THE HALF-SHELL, --you'll love it; --and you'll be looking for the sequel. =======> '"Bop til you drop", ...he whispered.'

I loved everything about the book. I'm reading it now. It's a great book as are the rest of Jimmy Buffet's books.

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