Author's note -- Soul of the light -- Song of the ocean -- Patron saint of lightning -- Dreaming of Columbus -- Land of the Lost Boys -- How nightmares turn into dreams -- Pancakes make the world go round -- One man's cathedral -- Fish tales -- Into everyone's life a coconut man should fall -- Tree house of the Mayan moon -- If I were like lightning -- Grandma Ghost -- Everybody out of the pool -- Schooner fever -- Dinner and a show -- Dance of life and death -- Leap, and the net will appear -- Wind cries Mary -- Hello from the netherworld -- Quiet lime -- Any place named after the Holy Ghost is fine with me -- Well, hello, cowboy -- Some days there's just magic in the air -- Shackletons or Magellans they are not -- Ground zero -- One thousand one...one thousand two -- Little family fun -- Take me to your blender -- Cowboy float -- Belly to belly -- Somebody call a witch doctor -- Put on your sailin' shoes -- On the case -- Trying to catch a little neutral -- Not a bad-looking piece of driftwood -- Spare bulb -- From a distance -- Catching the tail of the comet -- Seconds between light and dark -- On the back of a crocodile -- Gone fishing -- Gang of lady pirates -- Boats to build -- Epilogue: Survivors -- Afterword.

Tully Mars finds himself regretting a decision to help find the missing lens belonging to the Cayo Loco lighthouse, in a madcap, tequila-inspired adventure featuring such characters as Indian shaman Ix-Nay, centenarian Cleopatra Highbourne, and boatman Captain Kirk. The beloved traveler/troubadour offers up a plate of stories from his world of seaplanes, tropical isles, and wayward adventures. A Salty Piece of Land takes readers to a warm beach and introduces some of the wildest characters ever to dip their toes in the ocean. This irresistible collection will be the next in an impressive line of bestsellers for the inimitable Jimmy Buffett.