A Pirate Looks at Fifty is the autobiography of the singer and songwriter Jimmy Buffett, revolving around the singer's fiftieth birthday. The book was released on June 3, 1998.[1] The title alludes to Buffett's 1975 song "A Pirate Looks at Forty".
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| Author | Jimmy Buffett |
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| Country | United States |
| Subject | Biography |
| Published | 1998 (Random House) |
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| Pages | 458 |
| ISBN | 0679435271 |
| 782.42164092 | |
| LC Class | ML420.B874 |
Buffett chronicles important happenings up to his fiftieth (the beginnings of his career, his plane crash, etc.) and his birthday celebrations - plane hopping in South America and the Caribbean.
The book headed the New York Times Bestseller List for non-fiction in June 1998,[2] making him the sixth author in that list's history to have reached No. 1 on both the fiction and non-fiction lists, along with Ernest Hemingway, Dr. Seuss, John Steinbeck, William Styron and Irving Wallace.[3]