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I just finished "The Songlines" by Bruce Chatwin. I read it solely because JB often mentions "songlines" in his songs. Thought it was good, but not great.

Anyone else following Jimmy's literary path? If so, come across anything that is a must read?

Try Following the Equator (Mark Twain??) , or Dont stop the carnival by Herman Wok

Read DSTC before the "show" came out. Helped me understand the CD much better.

And a very good read too. I've been reading Tom Corcoran lately. He gets some photo and writing credits on some of Buffetts albums.

I definitely read "Following the Equator" soley b/c of the reference by Jimmy. I'm glad I did!

I liked dont stop the carnival too.

I'm just in the middle of reading DSTC (good read) and of course I had to read "The Old man and the Sea" - I have also picked up and read Jimmy & Savannah Jane's Trouble Dolls and the Jolly Mon (really great books to have in my collection of Jimmy stuff)

I guess now I should pick up "following the equator" as you guys recomend it as a good read also.

Does anyone have the little blue book called "Jimmy Buffett" by Mitchell Uscher? (cute book to have)

I have a 1st edition Following the Equator I got before hearing Jimmy rave about it. The problem is I don't want to mess up the book by reading it. So, I own Following the Equator, but I've never read it.

Yeah, I've read Don't Stop the Carnival, Follow the Equator and the Songlines. All pretty good books. I have a list of other books I want to get around to reading, and a few other of Jimmy's reccomendations are on there.

i just started DSTC.
i like it so far.

Oh yeah, I also read The Jolly Mon. Does that count?

I'm about half way through DSTC.....a great read so far! It's been very helpful in the escapism to the tropics in my mind.

Before that I read The Conch that Roared by Gregory King. A short, easy and entertaining read regarding the secession of Key West from the US.

Sit down with a Cuba Libre (or two or five) and enjoy!

My daughter and I both enjoy Jolly Mon.....now we need to acquire Trouble Dolls.....

I've just aquired both of JB's children's books. My 4 y/o daughter already knew the story of Jolly Mon from the song...she kept asking me about the pirates and how did the dolphin save Jolly Mon. I finally got the book and we've read it 20 times already.

We came back from a trip to Sea World,FL last weekend and during the Dolphin show she kept asking me which one was Albion...and of course when I bought her the obligitory souviner, she promptly named it-Albion. How's that for a parakeet in training!

Prince of Tides is a GREAT story. It's full of a lot of plot twists, characters, suspense...
Also a lot of long, descriptive passages that are wonderful, but they get in the way
of the story. Kind of the way Margaret Mitchell's social commentary was in Gone With the Wind.
I guess I was just to wrapped up in the story to enjoy the poetry at the time.

Read it and let me know what you think.

"PRINCE OF TIDES" by Pat Conroy was by far one of my favorite books I've read. I'm now reading his follow-up, "Beach Music."

I have read "Don't Stop the Carnival" and "Following the Equator" quite awhile ago. Perhaps it's time to give them each a RE-read.

my 2 cents.....

i found a book at barnes and noble a few years ago about jimmy. the title is.....(drum roll here....)

"jimmy buffett ...the man from margaritaville revealed" the author is steve eng. admittedly i have not gotten around to reading it yet. after page 204, there are 16 pages of pix. there is a picture dated 1949 of his mother "peets" none of his father.

"listen to the stories i could tell"

member of the parrothead nation

I've read Don't Stop the Carnival several times and love it.

I'd recommend John D. MacDonald's Travis Magee series...
All of the Travis titles have color in the title.

"Travis McGee's still in Cedar Key..."

mason wrote:my 2 cents.....

i found a book at barnes and noble a few years ago about jimmy. the title is.....(drum roll here....)

"jimmy buffett ...the man from margaritaville revealed" the author is steve eng. admittedly i have not gotten around to reading it yet. after page 204, there are 16 pages of pix. there is a picture dated 1949 of his mother "peets" none of his father.

I did read this "unapproved" biography.
( I did something Bubba told me not to?? )

It really, REALLY lacks in writing style, but it is encyclopedic in
researched factual tidbits. It even includes addresses of multiple Buffett-
related locations! It's almost like reading an encyclopedia, and
it's main focus, once you get into it, is on the way the music industry
works. The only complaint I had fact-wise was about the description of
the story in the song Cliches, which he seems to think is about a
young man and an 86 year old woman....
"She's eighty-sixed from the Chart Room
He's twenty nine and pushin' thirty real fast "

A few months back I finally got around to reading "Tourist Season" and loved it.
Needless to say, "The Ballad of Skip Wiley" gets a lot more rotation in the cd deck now.

After about 200 pages of "Following the Equator" it kinda got slow so I put it down, not to say I won't get back to it one day.

And don't laugh but up until a couple of years ago I'd never read "Treasure Island" and only did because I was under the influence of Buffett.

"Don't Stop The Carnival" is one of my top five reads of all time.

"The Deep Blue Goodbye", the first Travis McGee book is great.

A couple of times I've tried reading "92 in the Shade" by Thomas McGuane but it's kinda strange and I always lose interest.

I enjoyed Jolly Mon and Trouble Dolls as much as my little ones. BUT... It's taken me over a year to read about half of A Pirate Looks at 50 . Great book...and an easy one to take in pieces. I read it on plane rides only for months. Now I'm not traveling as much. LOL Wish me luck, I would love to read Following the Equator. Maybe when the kids are grown.

I read DSTC a few years ago. I also read anything by Jim Harrison who used to hang out with Buffett in Livingston. One of his books has the short story behind the song Lage Nom Ai (the guy who gave up his own name).

There is also a Buffett reference in the new book Waltzing with the Captain by Greg Keeler- a book about running around with Richard Brautigan in the Livingston Bozeman area. If I remember right, Brautigan got mad either he or someone took a truck and hit the side of one of the cabins at Pine Creek Lodge where Buffett and Harrison were staying. A great read.

Bob
Originally from Livingston Sat. Night Montana