Rise and Fall of the Mustache and Other Hawkeyetems by Robert J. Burdette, 1/5

Ah, the old saying is correct – you truly can’t judge a book by its cover (or its deliciously intriguing title).  Luckily, I bought this one solely for its beauty, so I wasn’t too disappointed to find it filled with the most tediously mawkish writings I have ever suffered through.  Well, technically not “through,” since I only read the first 150 pages before stopping to reconsider the meaning of life and the value of time.