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<p>WILKES-BARRE &#8212; A book overdue by 75 years was returned to a local library Wednesday.</p><p>According to a Facebook post, the Osterhout Free Library in Wilkes-Barre received &#8220;Val Rides the Oregon Trail.&#8221; The book, by Sanford Tousey, was due back to the library on Dec. 2, 1941.</p><p>Information Services Director Elaine Stefanko said the library doesn&#8217;t charge more than the book would cost, but the overdue charge would be $554.</p><p>&#8220;An overdue book would be 2 cents a day in 1941,&#8221; Stefanko said. Though the hardcover book doesn&#8217;t have a visible price, Stefanko said a children&#8217;s book in 1941 would have cost around 25 cents. The book is in &#8220;rather good condition for an old book&#8221; with some scribbles and pencil markings in it.</p><p>The book depicts the life of a young boy who travels the Oregon Trail in the 1800s.</p><p>People interested in reading the returned book can see it at the library, but Stefanko doesn&#8217;t believe it will be put into circulation because it would need to be labeled and stamped.</p><p>&#8212; Times Leader staff</p><style>
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75 years later, book returned to Osterhout