Overdue book returned to Aberdeen library after 81 years

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Overdue book returned to Aberdeen library after 81 years

By Shawn Garrett, KIRO 7 News
June 07, 2023 at 4:13 pm PDT

After being checked out for 81 years, an overdue book made its way back to a library in Aberdeen Monday, according to the Timberland Regional Library.

The book - “The Bounty Trilogy” by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall - was due March 30, 1942, shortly after the United States entered World War 2.

Found in a storage unit, the book was returned “to the amazement of the library staff.”

Overdue fines accrued at $0.02 a day in 1942, which brought the overdue fee up to $484.80.

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[Firestorm49]

1. Reminds me of a Seinfeld episode.

[CrispyQ]

2. What a fun story!

Please cross post in the Fiction forum. https://democraticunderground.com/?com=forum&id=1193

[Beakybird]

3. I loved that Bounty Trilogy!

[Aristus]

4. There isn't much else to do in Aberdeen, and 'Bounty' is a good read.

[BWdem4life]

6. Not according to the guy who checked it out.

According to the library, the person that checked it out only made it to page 17 and added a note, “I wouldn’t read this book if I was paid to.”

[Aristus]

7. He sounds like the kind of guy who never read more than seventeen pages in his life.

If a guy needs explosions and a sex scene on page one, reading probably isn't his thing.

[BWdem4life]

5. As a member of AA

I'd say someone was just making amends.