An overdue book has been returned to a California library after being checked out for nearly 100 years.
1:29St. Helena Public LibraryThe book, "A History of the United States" by Benson Lossing, was due back at the St. Helena Public Library in Napa Valley in February 1927, Chris Kreiden, the library's director, told ABC News.
"A couple of weeks ago, I decided to take it to the library because it had [St. Helena Public Library] stamped on the book," Perry said.His wife's grandfather was John McCormick, who was part of a pioneer family that settled in the Napa Valley area in the 1840s.
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