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Tales from Margaritaville | 
| Author: Jimmy Buffett
Publisher: Mariner Books
Category: Book
List Price: $14.00
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Rating:  54 reviews
Sales Rank: 107357
Media: Paperback
Pages: 264
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 7.9 x 5.2 x 0.8
ISBN: 0156026988
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780156026987
ASIN: 0156026988
Publication Date: June 3, 2002
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Product Description
Margaritaville may not appear on a map, but it does exist--at least in the brilliantly creative, sometimes slightly skewed imagination of Jimmy Buffett. Tales from Margaritaville is a collection of short stories (some purely fiction, some based in truth) so vividly packed with restless dreamers, wild wanderers, and pure gypsy souls that just reading it is a wild adventure. Travel along with a cowboy named Tully Mars, as he heads from Heartache, Wyoming, to Graceland, and relive the autobiographical odyssey of a third-generation sailor and first-rate musical outlaw. With unforgettable stories that present the true roamer's twin loves--the sea and the road--Tales from Margaritaville is one "smooth sailing book of infinite imagination" (Chicago Sun-Times).
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| Customer Reviews: Read 49 more reviews...
 Not Jabanoski April 6, 2009
Gary Smythe (Sante Fe, NM)
I'm a twenty year plus Parrot Head, but this, and Jimmy's other books, just don't live up to his island buddy Bill Jabanoski's "The Roadkill Diaries: Strange Tales From Key West And Beyond" or its sequel "Beyond The Mirror: The Roadkill Diaries, Part II." Jimmy may have invented the Key West musical style, but he's not the writer Jabanoski is. Jimmy's books, all of which I bought as soon as they were available, are good, but Jabanoski is the true great writer of Key West.
Buy this book. It's pretty good. But if you want some of the real tropical craziness buy Jabanoski's books too or instead of this and Buffett's other novels.
Margaritaville--Vintage Jimmy Buffett November 25, 2008
Leonard P. Ciaburri (Branford, CT)
Tales From Margaritaville is an early look at Jimmy Buffett's
style and imagery. Even here you get a wonderful sense of
the carefree lifestyle that Buffett develops further in his
later writings. It is very captivating and inviting.
Sheer Vacation Fun September 20, 2008
Michael Burns (Slate Hill, NY USA)
I am a high school English teacher, so I spend the year functioning on a high literary level, teaching the kids to see and understand metaphor and imagery. I read this this book over the summer, and, like Buffet's others, it has imagery and metaphor. The difference is that the book is sheer fun to read. Buffet pulls you away on a Caribbean holiday. While reading Margaritaville, I longed for island vacations I've enjoyed. As the man wrote, I wish I was sailing again.
Michael B
 Buffett, Always entertaining and feel good March 29, 2007
Steven T. Avery (Jackson, MS)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
if you are expecting deep thoughts and thoughtful prose, close the cover! Jimmy breathes his homespun, key-lime pie and cool breeze style to a cast of delightful characters and enchanting settings. Fun to read!
fantastic story teller March 9, 2007
Joseph M. Lehman (Arkansas)
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
Jimmy Buffett is a fantastic story teller and I love his books and songs. He is a complete entertainer, I haven't yet seen any of his concerts due to they a very pricey. The price is usually a lot out of my price range but I have a lot of his tapes and CDS. I have a cassette deck in two vehicles and a CD player in the other, so I have his music in two forms.
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