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Neither snow nor rain, a history of the United States Postal Service, Devin Leonard

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Neither snow nor rain, a history of the United States Postal Service, Devin Leonard

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [265]-299) and index

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illustrationsplates

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index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Neither snow nor rain

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dictionariesbibliography

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948757316

Responsibility statement

Devin Leonard

Sub title

a history of the United States Postal Service

Summary

Founded by Benjamin Franklin, USPS was the information network that bound far-flung Americans together, fostered a common culture, and helped American business to prosper. A first class stamp remains one of the greatest bargains of all time, and yet, the USPS is slowly vanishing. Critics say it is slow and archaic. Mail volume is down. The workforce is shrinking. Post offices are closing.This is a multifaceted history, full of remarkable characters, from the stamp-collecting FDR, to the revolutionaries who challenged USPS's monopoly on mail, to the renegade union members who brought the system--and the country--to a halt in the 1970s. An exciting and engrossing read, this is the first major history of the USPS in over fifty years

Table Of Contents

Prologue -- The founding father -- Interlopers I -- Comstockery -- A businessman at the Post Office -- Into the sky -- A stamp collector at the White House -- Mount Semrow -- The day the mail stopped -- Interlopers II -- Going postal -- You've got mail! -- "Thank God for Amazon" -- Epilogue

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History of the United States Postal Service

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