“One Book’s Century-Long Journey: The Incredible Story of A History of the United States”

2023-05-26 12:29:29

If you take a book from the library, you are responsible for returning it. Most of them take days, weeks or sometimes a month or two to return the book. But it broke all records and returned to a book library in California. Interestingly, its return to the library was 100 years following the book was supposed to be returned.

Benson Losing’s A History of the United States has been in the hands of readers for almost a century. Napa Valley St. The book was checked out from the Helena Public Library in February 1927. The book was returned to the library by Napa Valley native Jim Perry earlier this month. Jim’s father-in-law had the book. Five generations passed before it reached Jim’s hands.

Not even Jim’s family knew the historical significance of the book. The book follows Jim in 2015 with the death of Jim’s wife Sandra. Recently, following seeing the library’s stamp on the book, it was decided to restore it. But when the book was returned, the library staff did not recognize the uniqueness of the book apart from the fact that it was an old book, says librarian Kraiden. Later, when Kreidon went and examined the book in detail, they realized that it was a book from their original collection.

In any case, Jim did not have to pay the penalty for such a long time because the program of charging fines for books that were not returned was ended in 2019. Otherwise lakhs would have to be paid for the book. Until 1892, the monthly fee was 25 cents per book. Later, books were given free to local residents.

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