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Better Late Than Never? Library Book 84 Years Overdue Is Returned

The library said its maximum fine is $3, and that was waived

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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