![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() There was a large oak desk covered in intriguing oddities: a blown ostrich egg on a carved wooden stand, a microscope nesting in a shagreen leather case, a carved whale’s tooth etched with a bosomy lady not exactly contained by her corset. There were books on the floor by the chair and more books stacked in tall wooden shelves made from our failed pecan trees (you couldn’t escape the enduring fact of pecans in our lives). Right by the window sat a huge leather armchair and a spool table holding a lamp for reading. The library was dim, even with the heavy bottle-green velvet drapes drawn back from the tall double window. In central Texas in 1899, eleven-year-old Callie Vee Tate is instructed to be a lady by her mother, learns about love from the older three of her six brothers, and studies the natural world with her grandfather, the latter of which leads to an important discovery.ĭespite my fear, I took a good look around the room, since I knew I’d never have the chance again. ![]()
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