Tales From Margaritaville (1989)

by Jimmy Buffett

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If you read any books by Jimmy Buffett, this is the one to read. All of the rest are boring, but this one ties in well to to both his Hot water and Off To See The Lizzard albums. (

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zmagic69 | Dec 5, 2011 |

Great short stories, Very easy reading. (

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foof2you | May 26, 2008 |

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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Tales From Margaritaville

Original title

Tales from Margaritaville - Fictional Facts and Factual Fictions

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Original publication date

1989

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Tully Mars

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Florida, USA

Heartbreak, Wyoming, USA (Fictional?)

Graceland, Memphis, Tennessee, USA

Heatwave, Alabama, USA (Fictional?)

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New York Times bestseller (Fiction, 1989)

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Write what you know about.
` Mark Twain

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One of the questions I am asked most is "Where is Margaritaville?"

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Just where IS Margaritaville, anyway?"

It's not on a map, that's for sure. But it does exist, in the brilliantly creative imagination of singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffet. TALES FROM MARGARITAVILLE is a collection so vividly packed with restless dreamers, wild wanderers, and pure gypsy souls that just reading it is an adventure itself.

From the tales that take a cowboy named Tully Mars from Heartache, Wyoming to Graceland, to the colorful crazies of Heatwave, Alabama, tot he autobiographical adventures of a third-generation sailor and first-rate musical outlaw, these stories present the true roamer's twin loves - the sea and hte road - in a way you'll never forget.

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Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0156026988, Paperback)

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 Margaritavilleis 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 Margaritavilleis one "smooth sailing book of infinite imagination" (Chicago Sun-Times).

(retrieved from Amazon Thu, 21 Apr 2011 21:05:38 -0400)

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Buffett pays loving tribute to the Gulf Coast in accounts of local superstitions, character sketches, sea adventures, humorous anacdotes. All are told in a laid-bvack style reminiscent of the oral tradition; colectively, they create a vivid image of time and place.… (more)