March 17 (UPI) — A University of British Columbia graduate mailed a package to the school that turned out to be a book he had borrowed from the library 64 years earlier.
Susan Parker, a librarian at the university, said a package arrived in January and she opened it to discover a 1931 edition of Horace Kephart’s book Camping and Woodcraft: Handbook for Vacation Campers and for Travelers in the Wilderness.
The book had been checked out of the library in 1960 by then-student Robert Murray.
“Most people return overdue books surreptitiously or anonymously,” Parker said in a university news release. “I’ve never received one this long overdue.”
The book was accompanied by a letter from Murray, now 83, along with a check for about $70.
Murray wrote that he had made good use of the tome over the years.
“I determined that this book was a treasure — a light year ahead of …