Jim Perry returned an 1881 history book to the library in St. Helena, California.
It had been 96 years, two months and 17 days overdue. Perry had lived in the small town for more than three decades with his wife. After the death of his wife in 2015, he moved to Napa, and since then there have been boxes of old books in his new home. He found a stamp imprint on the last page of the book that showed the date on which the book would have to be returned: February 21, 1927.