California man returns library book 96 years after due date: ‘Never too late’By Katherine Donlevy
May 27, 2023
Better late than never.
A California man returned a library book a century past its due date, according to a report.
Jim Perry dropped the deteriorated and fraying 1892 copy of “A Family History of the United States” off at St. Helena Public Library, roughly 20 miles west of Santa Rosa, earlier this month.
“This is an old book that’s been in our family for five generations,” Perry told the Washington Post he said to the front desk, assuming the library would be interested in keeping a relic of history.
It turns out the book by historian Benson Lossing was likely part of the St. Helen Library’s original collection and may have been part of the inventory at another former location — the nearby Carnegie Building, which was built in 1908.
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Source:
https://nypost.com/2023/05/27/california-man-jim-perry-returns-library-book-96-years-after-due-date/
