A Pirate Looks at Fifty

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Summary: This could only be J.B.'s charmed life.
Review: I bought this book in Miami on my way to Brasil. This was my first trip overseas and I was feeling quite the world traveller. I was lucky to have Mr. Buffett as my guide across the equator.

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Summary: Like sitting backstage and shooting the breeze with Bubba!
Review: I loved this book! For those of us in the know, reading this was like being able to go backstage or to Jimmy's living room and just listen to him talk. That is really the only way to read this book, like you are just listening to him ramble on. Ok, sure there will be some people who can't handle what he says or how he says it, but if you read it with an eye strictly to fun and enjoyment then you get your money's worth. I wouldn't trade my first edition for anything. It occupies an honoured place with the other two (Tales and Joe Merchant - both firsts and signed)on my bookshelf and will be read again and again. Thanks Bubba - what a trip!

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Summary: I can't STAND you "parrotheads"
Review: It makes me absolutely ill that Jimmy Buffet breathes the same air as me. What a dud! And how can you actually take a BOOK he's written seriously?! Find some decent music, find a good author, and go away!

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Summary: Not as good as his others
Review: This book was good, but not the type like his others that I just couldn't put down. Also it was labeled as a Autobio. It is not really that. It has a little about his but it is really on what his thinks of life and things that occur in his adventure a cross the Carribean Sea.

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Summary: An uncharted course in creativity.
Review: Having sailed through Jimmy's previous books, completing this one was as difficult for me as I'm assuming it might be to wheel a poorly disguised manatee with an expired passport through immigration on an inexpensive collapsible luggage cart. I'm thankful that Hemisphere Dancer did not stall in much the same way, that Jimmy lives to continue to provide us with entertainment through his universally accepted (land)craft. (In spite of considerable payload on his plane, there ain't room for the number of passengers accustomed to being "transported" through his work.) Still, just as the oceans reward faithful beachcombers with an occasional find, there are oysters of thought-provoking information here as well. I'll never again view a full moon without reflecting on the possible explanation for coinciding, unexplainable human behavior offered here. (Consider the YEARS we spent in school for those few nuggets of knowledge.) And, as "Don't Stop the Carnival" was an exceptional accomplishment (born out of the mere possibility of "fun") in a previously unattempted format, Jimmy demonstrates again that he's got the "brass below the beltline" it takes to plunge a toe, if not both feet, into waters not promised to be as warm as those he flew above. Remember his early less than favorable reviews? As they served to shape him, I'll wager he'll take his own slant (the one which matters to those who hope to relate to him) from his birthday book and in some way provide a present to others of us at some point. (Nay sayers not detered by the possibility of illegal internet betting get in touch.) Everyone knows the song based upon the mighty Casey striking out. I eagerly await this slugger's return to the plate.

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Summary: Pure fun and nothing more
Review: Enough said! Maybe a little more, after all we graying babyboomers gotta stick together. It's a quick read, light, funny and just introspective enough to give it a glazing of creditability, but then again who needs to be creditable? Buffet reminds us what's important; typing this at my PC in downtown Miami, it does occur to me that I would really rather be sitting at the bar at the "Complete Angler Hotel" on Bimini drinking beer and eating fresh conch fritters. It's only 50 miles away, the sea plane flys there twice a day and...ciao, just thought of some better to do than this.

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Summary: Take me when you hit 60.
Review: Being a Parrothead, played B,B,B,&B for the munchers at work tonight, I feel the urge to read all of JB's works. This one was great. Sure, he markets a little, but it's the way he delivers the message that I enjoy. I spent time in St. Barts and Key West, and now have a hankerin' to surf Costa Rica, and see the Amazon. Thanks JB for sharing your birthday with the ones who paid for it.

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Summary: This book is for all parrotheads & people who love to travl!
Review: For all of you out there who love the carribbean and the wonders of nature and flying..please read this book. Not only will the parrotheads get a great insite into Jimmy's life, love, friends and family..but you will feel like you were there..flying above the blue waters and fishing for blue-sail fish...

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Summary: A terrible book
Review: Simply put, this is garbage with a cover on it. Those who can finish it are to be praised, but certainly not this exploitation of a following. Sorry, Jimmy, you ripped us off on this one.

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Summary: Fantastic tale of escapism... what every man wants to do!
Review: Jimmy takes us with him as he celebrates his 50th birthday by trqvelling to some tropical locations in the little latitudes. However, places like Columbia aren't on many tours!