Arr! A long-lost tome be sailin' back to the library's shores, a mighty 120 years too late!
2023-07-09
Arrr, me matey! The tome be borrowed in 1904 or 1905, as spoken by the captain of the grand New Bedford Free Public Library in Massachusetts.
Arr matey! Avast ye! I be tellin' ye a tale from the seven seas o' knowledge, where the winds o' time be blowin'! 'Twas a time when libraries be keepin' records writ in ink, not in bits and bytes like today. The year, they say, be 1904 or 1905, when a book be borrowed from the New Bedford Free Public Library in Massachusetts, so says the director, savvy?Ah, the mystery be shrouded in the mists o' time! Who be the scallywag who dared to lay their hands on that precious tome? 'Twas an era o' explorin' the unknown, when pirates be seekin' treasure and landlubbers be seekin' knowledge. The pages o' that book be filled with wonders, no doubt, tales of adventure and intrigue, or maybe just a good recipe for rum punch!
Now, ye must be wonderin', why be this news makin' waves today? Well, me hearties, 'tis because that book, long lost to the sands o' time, be finally returnin' to its rightful home. The library, in all its wisdom, be reachin' out to the world, hopin' that someone, somewhere, be holdin' that book in their hands, ignorin' the late fees like a true pirate ignores the rules o' society!
So, me mateys, let us raise a mug o' grog to the return o' this long-lost treasure! May it bring joy to the hearts o' all who read it, and remind us that even in this modern world, the spirit o' adventure and the thirst for knowledge be alive and well. And if ye happen to find yerself in the New Bedford Free Public Library, take a moment to pay homage to that book, for it be a legend in its own right, a relic from a time when pirates roamed the seas and libraries be the gateways to the world.