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The long-overdue book was checked out of the library of a
high school in the city of Spokane in 1949, and seemingly
disappeared until it was found in Maine by a resident who
offered to send it back to the school.
"We're delighted to have the book back, but we wonder where it
has been," Lori Wyborney, principal of John R. Rogers High
School, said of the 1946 reprint of "Gone With the Wind," which
she estimates to be worth about $350.
Wyborney got wind of the long-overdue library book in October,
after Maine resident Wayne Hachey found it in his father's
cellar, with library paperwork still in the cover.
"Not sure how the book ended up on the East Coast," Hachey wrote
in a letter addressed to the school. "I'd be willing to ship the
book back if this is the same school."
Wyborney wrote back, promising to waive late fees. When the book
arrived, school officials tried to sleuth out how it had
traveled across the country. A slip inside the cover said it was
checked out on Jan. 4, 1949, to Betty Mandershied, whose name is
listed in the school's 1949 yearbook.
The school has two newer copies of the Civil War epic in its
library, and several students have expressed interest in reading
the novel since the older edition was returned, Wyborney said.
(Editing by Cynthia Johnston; Editing by Sandra Maler)
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