One for the old-school nerds

[gg_83]

I was reading Madeleine L'Engle's A Wrinkle in Time again, and something about the description of Mrs. Whatsit struck me. "Several scarves of assorted colors were tied about the head, and a man's felt hat perched atop." She later appeared "in her familiar wild garb of shawls and scarves and the old tramp's coat and hat

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[gg_83]

The book came out in 1962; the TV series came out in 1963. Just for the record.