Man returns book to Washington state library – 81 years after it was taken out

Brad Bitar who returned copy of The Bounty Trilogy believes it may have been left by someone while visiting his family’s store

Most library users dread the idea of late fees, but one fearless Washington state man has really risked the wrath of librarians by returning a book some 81 years after it was taken out.

Brad Bitar returned a copy of The Bounty Trilogy by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall – published in 1932 – to the Aberdeen Timberland Library last week, CNN reported.