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Man Returns 47 Years Overdue Library Book He Needed To Fix Old Car

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Here's today's feel-good story:

47 years ago, an anonymous Minnesota man rented a book from his local library that got lost during a move.

A half-century later, he returned it with an apology letter and donation to cover the cost of a new copy of the book. He sent the book by mail “thereby avoiding the disapproving glare of any librarians at the front desk.” as he stated in his letter.

“In the mid-1970s, I was living in [Lake Elmo] and was working on an old Mercedes Benz. I took out this book for reference. A few months later I moved and apparently the book got packed up in the move. Forty-seven years later I found it … in a trunk with other interesting things from the ‘70s. It’s a little overdue but I thought you might want it back,” he wrote.

“My apologies to anyone in Lake Elmo who was working on an old Benz in the last 47 years. I probably can’t afford the overdue charge but I will send you enough for a new book.”

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