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NPR News: 03-21-2025 5PM EDT
The copy of Wild West by Bertrand W. Sinclair was due back on November 23, 1926. Christopher Smith is a reference librarian with the Cincinnati and Hamilton County Public Library.
NPR News Now
NPR News: 03-21-2025 5PM EDT
Family members discovered the book after an elderly loved one died, though Smith says it's unclear who actually checked it out all those years ago. The library no longer charges late fines, but if it did, he calculates it would be roughly $730. For NPR News, I'm Tana Weingartner in Cincinnati.