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Neither Snow Nor Rain: A History of the United States Postal Service Hardcover - 2016

by Devin Leonard


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The United States Postal Service is a wondrous American creation. Seven days a week, its army of 300,000 letter carriers delivers 513 million pieces of mail, forty percent of the world's volume. It is far more efficient than any other mail service--more than twice as efficient as the Japanese and easily outpacing the Germans and British. And the USPS has a storied history. Founded by Benjamin Franklin, it 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. In Neither Snow Nor Rain, journalist Devin Leonard tackles the fascinating, centuries-long history of the USPS, from the first letter carriers through Franklin's days, when postmasters worked out of their homes and post roads cut new paths through the wilderness. Under Andrew Jackson, the post office was molded into a vast patronage machine, and by the 1870s, over seventy percent of federal employees were postal workers. As the country boomed, USPS aggressively developed new technology, from mobile post offices on railroads and air mail service to mechanical sorting machines and optical character readers. Neither Snow Nor Rain is a rich, 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, Neither Snow Nor Rain is the first major history of the USPS in over fifty years.

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  • Title Neither Snow Nor Rain: A History of the United States Postal Service
  • Author Devin Leonard
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition 1st
  • Pages 288
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Grove Press, NY
  • Date 2016-05
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780802124586 / 0802124585
  • Weight 1.3 lbs (0.59 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.9 x 6.1 x 1.2 in (22.61 x 15.49 x 3.05 cm)
  • Themes
    • Holiday: Election Day
  • Library of Congress subjects Postal service - United States - History, United States Postal Service - History
  • Dewey Decimal Code 383.497

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  • Choice, 11/01/2016, Page 0
  • Kirkus Reviews, 03/01/2016, Page 0
  • Library Journal, 04/15/2016, Page 104
  • Publishers Weekly, 06/13/2016, Page 0

About the author

Devin Leonard is a staff writer at Bloomberg Businessweek. Previously a senior writer at Fortune and a staff writer for the New York Observer, he has also written for the New York Times, New York, Wired, Capital New York, Men's Journal, and the Philadelphia Daily News. He lives in New York City.
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