One of America's most popular storytellers-in song and in his bestselling books--takes us on an unforgettable Caribbean journey in his biggest and most spellbind- ing novel yet. A Salty Piece of Land is the tale of cowboy Tully Mars's surprising adventures as he visits the lighthouse on Cayo Loco,a tropical island that's not on any map--the perfect place to run away from all your problems. IT'S GREAT FUN You'll feel as if you're somewhere else-a place where a swim in cool water and a breakfast of banana pancakes with coconut syrup will cure any hangover.

A Salty Piece of Land is very possibly Jimmy Buffett's best work to date A tangy tale, at times turbulent and unpredictable as the ocean, at times as wistful as the whitecaps on the waves Buffett's prose style now seems to flow in a fresh, fanciful, finely imagined fashion What makes the incredible so credible to the reader, what makes the old lighthouse shine again, is the spiritual savvy Buffett has gleaned from the beach of life as he's wandered in the raw poetry of time.

Fascinating Because Buffett is first a storyteller, then a musician, he has a knack for painting with words that somehow transport the reader to some magical and warm place. You don't just read about the lighthouse stairs, you feel them creaking beneath each step. You don't just imagine the turquoise sea, you see it. The aroma of night-blooming jasmine and pine needles fills your head Only Buffett could make this stuff up.

Author's Note

1 The Soul of the Light 

2 The Song of the Ocean 

3 The Patron Saint of Lighming

4 Dreaming of Columbus

5 Land of the Lost Boys

6 How Nightmares Turn into Dreams

7 Pancakes Make the World Go Round

8 One Man's Cathedral

9 Fish Tales

10 Into Everyone's Life a Coconut Man Should Fall

11 Tree House of the Mayan Moon 

12 If I Were Like Lightning

13 Grandma Ghost

14 Everybody Out of the Pool 

15 Schooner Fever 

16 Dinner and a Show

17 The Dance of Life and Death

18 Leap, and the Net Will Appear

19 And the Wind Cries Mary

20 Hello from the Netherworld

21 Quiet Time

22 Any Place Named After the Holy Ghost Is Fine with Me

23 Well, Hello, Cowboy

24 Some Days There's Just Magic in the Air

25 Shackletons or Magellans They Are Not

26 Ground Zero

27 One Thousand One... One Thousand Two

28 A Little Family Fun

29 Take Me to Your Blender

30 A Cowboy Float

31 Belly to Belly

32 Somebody Call a Witch Doctor 

31 Put on Your Sailin' Shoes

34 On the Case

35 Trying to Catch a Little Neutral

36 Not a Bad-Looking Piece of Driftwood

37 The Spare Bulb

38 From a Distance

39 Catching the Tail of the Comet 

40 The Seconds Between Light and Dark

41 On the Back of a Crocodile 

42 Gone Fishing

43 A Gang of Lady Pirates 

44 Boats to Build

Epilogue: Survivors

Afterword