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Better late than never? Library book 84 years overdue

4 years 5 months 2 weeks ago Thursday, October 04 2018 Oct 4, 2018 October 04, 2018 6:53 AM October 04, 2018 in News
Source: Associated Press
Photo: Shreve Memorial Library

SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) - A Louisiana library says a book borrowed 84 years ago has been returned by the son of the woman who checked it out as an 11-year-old girl.

A librarian's note on the Shreve Memorial Library's Facebook page says the son found the "Spoon River Anthology" while cleaning house. A library official says it's in "pretty rough shape," so probably not worth much. "Spoon River Anthology" is a book of free verse by Edgar Lee Masters, each poem written from the viewpoint of a dead person in the imaginary town.

In a reply to a patron, the Shreveport-based library posted, "We thought that the title was appropriately spooky to turn up again after all this time right around Halloween." The library said its maximum fine is $3, and that was waived.

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