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Jimmy Buffett : a good life all the way / by Ryan White.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Thorndike Press large print biographies and memoirsPublisher: Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Learning, 2017Copyright date: ©2017Edition: Large print editionDescription: 545 pages (large print) : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781432841621
  • 1432841629
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Once upon a time in Key West -- The mythical, mystical, poetic, romantic, and artistic history of Jimmy Buffett -- The Nashville Telegraph -- "I guess they'll get us started" -- Regattas, regrettas, and adventures at the end of the road -- There's no substitute for experience -- There wasn't a name for it -- He meets the bear, finally -- Tire swings, hurricanes, and the Coral Reefer Band -- Euphoria -- Changes in ... Everything -- To Bimini and beyond -- Fool buttons -- Almost over the edge -- A ramshackle place -- If you want to survive the tourist business -- What would Jimmy Buffett do? -- A salty piece of land -- Searching for Margaritaville.
Summary: "Music critic Ryan White has crafted the first definitive account of Buffett's rise from singing songs for beer to his emergence as a tropical icon and CEO behind the Margaritaville industrial complex, a vast network of merchandise, chain restaurants, resorts, and lifestyle products all inspired by his ... hit 'Margaritaville'".
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Large Print Book Large Print Book Main Library Large Print NonFiction Buffett, J. W587 Available 33111008865764
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Acclaimed music critic Ryan White has crafted the first definitive account of Jimmy Buffett's rise from singing for beer to his emergence as a tropical icon and CEO behind the Margaritaville industrial complex, a vast network of merchandise, chain restaurants, resorts, and lifestyle products all inspired by his sunny but disillusioned hit.

Once upon a time in Key West -- The mythical, mystical, poetic, romantic, and artistic history of Jimmy Buffett -- The Nashville Telegraph -- "I guess they'll get us started" -- Regattas, regrettas, and adventures at the end of the road -- There's no substitute for experience -- There wasn't a name for it -- He meets the bear, finally -- Tire swings, hurricanes, and the Coral Reefer Band -- Euphoria -- Changes in ... Everything -- To Bimini and beyond -- Fool buttons -- Almost over the edge -- A ramshackle place -- If you want to survive the tourist business -- What would Jimmy Buffett do? -- A salty piece of land -- Searching for Margaritaville.

"Music critic Ryan White has crafted the first definitive account of Buffett's rise from singing songs for beer to his emergence as a tropical icon and CEO behind the Margaritaville industrial complex, a vast network of merchandise, chain restaurants, resorts, and lifestyle products all inspired by his ... hit 'Margaritaville'".

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