McPhee's Mustaches

Norton Townshend Dodge (Photo from andrewsolomon.com)

I’m collecting John McPhee mustaches. So far I have six:

1. Scott Parker: “Tall, with a dark and gyroscopic mustache” (“The Ships of Port Revel”);

2. Norton Townshend Dodge: “With his grand odobene mustache, he had everything but the tusks” (The Ransom of Russian Art);

3. Vernon McLaughlin: “A man built strong and square-shouldered, with a large head, a regal paunch, an equitable mustache, and eyes that gleam with fun and anger” (Looking for a Ship);

4. Mel Adams: “Mel is tall and lanky, fed in the middle but lithe in the legs. He has a sincere mustache, a trig goatee, and a slow, clear, frank, and friendly Ozark voice” (“Tight-Assed River”);

5. Tom Armstrong: “Of medium height and strongly built, he has a precise, navigational mustache” (“Tight-Assed River”);

6. Dick Eisfeller: “Bald, bluejeaned, wearing white running shoes, he had a round face, an amiable mustache, a significant corporation" (“Coal Train”);

And these: 

"The district’s conductors were all men. There were not a few speckled beards, and mustaches large enough to resemble the lower halves of crossing signs" (“Coal Train”);

"There was a lot of Mephistophelian facial hair – the caterpillar sideburns, the full beard, the mustache as bilateral semaphore" (“Coal Train”).