{"id":181004,"date":"2026-08-16T06:02:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-16T06:02:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/181004\/"},"modified":"2026-08-16T06:02:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T06:02:14","slug":"zlodej-v-kalifornii-po-40-letech-vratil-knihu-do-obchodu-pridal-i-omluvny-dopis-a-stodolarovku","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/181004\/","title":{"rendered":"Zlod\u011bj v\u00a0Kalifornii po 40\u00a0letech vr\u00e1til knihu do obchodu. P\u0159idal i\u00a0omluvn\u00fd dopis a\u00a0stodolarovku"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kdy\u017e do antikvari\u00e1tu Booklegger v\u00a0kalifornsk\u00e9m m\u011bst\u011b Eureka dorazil na za\u010d\u00e1tku srpna bal\u00ed\u010dek, jen\u017e vypadal, \u017ee v\u00a0n\u011bm podle v\u0161eho bude asi kniha, nebylo to nic zvl\u00e1\u0161tn\u00edho. <\/p>\n

\u201eMohly to taky b\u00fdt t\u0159eba propaga\u010dn\u00ed materi\u00e1ly k\u00a0n\u011bjak\u00e9 knize, nebo kdov\u00edco,\u201c popsala sv\u016fj po\u010d\u00e1te\u010dn\u00ed nez\u00e1jem majitelka Jennifer McFaddenov\u00e1, kter\u00e1 v\u00a0tu chv\u00edli m\u011bla ji\u017e nam\u00ed\u0159eno dom\u016f a\u00a0bal\u00ed\u010dek cht\u011bla otev\u0159\u00edt a\u017e druh\u00fd den.<\/p>\n

Jej\u00ed zam\u011bstnankyn\u011b Katy Longshoreov\u00e1 ji v\u0161ak p\u0159esv\u011bd\u010dila, aby se dovnit\u0159 p\u0159ece jen pod\u00edvala, a\u00a0za p\u00e1r okam\u017eik\u016f ji\u017e ob\u011b hled\u011bly na n\u011bco hodn\u011b ne\u010dekan\u00e9ho. V\u00fdtisk knihy The Unstrung Harp od Edwarda Goreyho z\u00a0roku 1953\u00a0nen\u00ed kdov\u00edjak cenn\u00e1 rarita, ale spolu s\u00a0n\u00edm byla v\u00a0bal\u00ed\u010dku je\u0161t\u011b stodolarov\u00e1 bankovka (p\u0159es 2100\u00a0korun) a\u00a0pr\u016fvodn\u00ed dopis od mu\u017ee, jen\u017e knihu do obchodu poslal.<\/p>\n

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Pisatel se v\u00a0n\u011bm omlouv\u00e1 za to, \u017ee pr\u00e1v\u011b tuto knihu n\u011bkdy na za\u010d\u00e1tku osmdes\u00e1t\u00fdch let minul\u00e9ho stolet\u00ed z\u00a0tohoto obchodu ukradl, proto\u017ee m\u011bl tehdy probl\u00e9my s\u00a0alkoholem, drogami i\u00a0pen\u011bzi a\u00a0celkov\u011b si zkr\u00e1tka neum\u011bl poradit se sv\u00fdm vlastn\u00edm \u017eivotem.<\/p>\n

A California bookstore owner had been moved to tears after receiving a package containing a rare first-edition book that had been stolen from the shop more than 40 years earlier. The package, sent to Booklegger in Eureka, had included a well-preserved 1953 first edition of *The\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/1Z9LqXOLIX<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Tomson (@TomsonWoo) August 7, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

\u010casem v\u0161ak do\u0161el k \u201educhovn\u00edmu procitnut\u00ed\u201c a\u00a0za\u010dal napravovat v\u011bci ze sv\u00e9 minulosti. Ukraden\u00e1 kn\u00ed\u017eka v\u0161ak po celou tu dobu dok\u00e1zala unikat jeho pozornosti a\u00a0narazil na ni a\u017e ned\u00e1vno p\u0159i \u00faklidu gar\u00e1\u017ee.<\/p>\n

\u201eMoc m\u011b pot\u011b\u0161ilo, \u017ee obchod st\u00e1le funguje, tak\u017ee mohu knihu vr\u00e1tit a\u00a0\u0159\u00edct v\u00e1m, jak moc m\u011b to mrz\u00ed. V\u011b\u0159\u00edm, \u017ee jej\u00ed cena mezit\u00edm narostla. A\u00a0douf\u00e1m, \u017ee se v\u00e1m i\u00a0podniku tam naho\u0159e u\u00a0z\u00e1livu da\u0159\u00ed. Chv\u00edli jsem tam pracoval jako kucha\u0159 a\u00a0chyb\u00ed mi to tam,\u201c zakon\u010dil napraven\u00fd zlod\u011bj sv\u016fj list, aby pod podpis a\u00a0sv\u00e9 telefonn\u00ed \u010d\u00edslo p\u0159ipsal je\u0161t\u011b pozn\u00e1mku: \u201eNapi\u0161te mi pros\u00edm, pokud by bylo je\u0161t\u011b n\u011bco, \u010d\u00edm bych tuto chybu mohl napravit.\u201c<\/p>\n

Jennifer McFaddenov\u00e1 neskr\u00fdvala p\u0159ekvapen\u00ed, ale zejm\u00e9na ani dojet\u00ed. \u201eA\u017e n\u00e1m tu v\u0161em vyhrkly slzy do o\u010d\u00ed,\u201c sv\u011b\u0159ila se lok\u00e1ln\u00edmu webu Lost Coast Outpost<\/a>. \u201eP\u0159ipad\u00e1 mi v\u00fdjime\u010dn\u00e9, \u017ee i\u00a0po tak dlouh\u00e9 dob\u011b se ten \u010dlov\u011bk sna\u017e\u00ed napravit chybu, kter\u00e9 lituje. Bylo by p\u0159ece jednodu\u0161\u0161\u00ed se jen c\u00edtit \u0161patn\u011b a\u00a0nechat to tak,\u201c pokra\u010dovala.<\/p>\n

A dodala, \u017ee Edward Gorey m\u00e1 v\u00a0sou\u010dasnosti mnoho fanou\u0161k\u016f, a\u00a0na jeho d\u00edla se tak d\u00e1 narazit snadno. Tento konkr\u00e9tn\u00ed vr\u00e1cen\u00fd svazek m\u00e1 dnes podle n\u00ed cenu asi 125\u00a0dolar\u016f (p\u0159ibli\u017en\u011b 2700\u00a0korun), ale jedn\u00edm dechem dodala, \u017ee samotn\u00e9 gesto a\u00a0dopis maj\u00ed hodnotu nesrovnateln\u011b vy\u0161\u0161\u00ed.<\/p>\n

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