Brad Bitar, who returned a copy of The Bounty Trilogy, believes it may have been left by someone while visiting his family’s store
Most library users dread the idea of late fees, but one fearlessman has really risked the wrath of librarians by returning a book some 81 years after it was taken out.
Brad Bitar returned a copy of The Bounty Trilogy by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall – published in 1932 – to the Aberdeen Timberland library last week,It was originally due to be returned in March 1942 – as the second world war raged, FDR was the US president and when modern inventions like computers and cellphones were unimaginable.the book may have been left by someone while visiting his family’s now-closed store in Hoquiam, Washington.
“My assumption was that the library was probably not going to be interested in taking it back,” Bitar told CNN.Anna Lisa Rasmussen, social media specialist for the Timberland regional library system, told CNN: “The person that accepted the book I think was really stunned and kind of couldn’t believe it.”post, the library said it had calculated overdue fees for the book were roughly $480.
The Instagram posted added: “The moral of this story? If you have an overdue book collecting dust – return it to the library. We’ll take it back, and the bounty will be considered paid.”
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