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Sweet 'Stache: 50 Badass Mustaches and the Faces Who Sport Them

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After two books about WW2, it was time for some light reading. My old friend and pop culture muse Jon Chattman has co-authored the new book 'Sweet Stache, available at Amazon. It is the definitive guide to the power of mustaches in our pop culture.

Chattman and his collaborator Rich Tarantino have compiled a list of the 50 most influential mustaches from all walks of public life. What made this such a fun read was the diversity of both the types of mustaches represented and also the people sporting them. How else could Walt Disney be linked to Gandhi linked to Larry Bird linked to Yanni? Only through the mystique of the stache!

Each write-up has some interesting trivia about the person and their fuzz too. Additionally, through the use of bonus lists, almost every famous stache imaginable is included. Except one. The omission of Watergate burglar Gordon Liddy's virile mustache was disappointing. But Sam Elliot's bert landing a perfect 10 redeemed the book! This is a very fun read.

(Suggested backing track: "Facial Hair" by Kobi LaCroix.)

Like many such books, there isn't a whole lot to this one; it won't be one of the great humor classics or anything. But it's a fun and silly little book that surveys some of the great stache wearers of our time, from obvious ones like Burt Reynolds and Charlie Chaplin to people you might not normally think of, like Dennis Franz. There isn't a whole lot to say other than that; it's one of those books that's good for an impulse buy and some quick laughs.

I'm docking one star for picking Jason Giambi over Rollie Fingers though -- baseball's greatest handlebar deserved better than to be relegated to a "other famous baseball 'staches" list.

Great book about the great 'staches of the world. Tom Selleck and Sam Elliott ought to win Oscar's for their burts!

This book came in great condition and is aquick and fun read. It has interesting facts and makes a good conversation piece. Given as a gift, the recipient loved it.

I haven't read the book (it looks awesome), but the other review for this is quite simply the best literary critique ever penned.