Copy of ‘Beowulf’ returned to Pennsylvania library 54 years late [Video]

HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE. THIS I’M HOLDING IN MY HAND A BOOK THAT IS MORE THAN 100 YEARS OLD. AFTER 54 YEARS, IT FINALLY MADE ITS WAY BACK HOME TO THE SEWICKLEY PUBLIC LIBRARY AFTER DECADES OF BEING LOST, I FOUND A BOOK THAT I TOOK OUT IN 1969, DECIDED TO RETURN IT. IT’S BEEN LOST AND IT’S BEEN FOUND. THIS IS VIDEO OF CAROL PATTERSON MCINTYRE RETURNING A COPY OF BEOWULF PUBLISHED IN 1912. SHE CHECKED OUT THE BOOK 54 YEARS AGO. NOW, CAROL LIVES IN NORTH CAROLINA. SO PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR TRACKED HER DOWN. I TOOK THE BOOK OUT IN 1969. I WAS A SENIOR IN HIGH SCHOOL AND WE HAD TO READ IT. IT WAS TIME FOR ME TO RETURN THE BOOK, AND I COULDN’T FIND IT ANYWHERE. CAROL WENT ON TO START HER ADULT LIFE, LIVING IN DIFFERENT STATES AROUND THE COUNTRY, BUT THE BOOK STAYED WITH …