But lest anyone question the man’s honesty, he also left the following note: “Sorry I’ve kept this book so long, but I’m a really slow reader! I’ve enclosed my fine of $299.30 (41 years, 2 cents a day). Like the previous entry, whoever turned in this musty old field guide declined to reveal his name. LOANED FROM: The Champaign County Library in Urbana, Ohio The Real Book About Snakes by Jane Sherman The volume, published that April, contains over 300 recipes-and it’s probably safe to assume that the culprit had plenty of time to try out every single one of them. In 2014, someone anonymously returned this fitness-friendly cookbook, which had been missing since September 24, 1992. LOANED FROM: The Lawrence Public Library in Lawrence, Kansas The Versatile Grain and the Elegant Bean: A Celebration of the World’s Most Healthful Foods by Sheryl and Mel London Though it's rare, the decades-overdue book's return is not unprecedented. "The family then moved to Canada on short notice and the book was packed up with everything else," according to the library.
The book was returned with a letter attached, in which the sender explained that her family had checked the book out in 1946, when she was just a toddler. more than 70 years after it had been checked out. In February, Maryland's Silver Spring Library received a big surprise in the mail when a former patron mailed back an illustrated copy of The Postman.
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