How the Post Office Created America

audio cd

Published July 1, 2016 by Gildan Media.

ISBN:: 978-1-4690-3489-8

Discover the surprising role of the postal service in our nation's political, social, economic, and physical development. The founders established the post office before they had even signed the Declaration of Independence, and for a very long time it represented the government for most citizens. The post became the catalyst of the nation's transportation grid, from the stagecoach lines to the airlines, and the lifeline of the great migration from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Gallagher traces its origins and leaders and describes its role in every major event in American history, from the Revolutionary War to the dawn of the Internet age.

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JIm FUlner reviewed How the Post Office Created America by Winifred Gallagher

3 stars

I liked this book. I am surprised by how much I, an anti-government Libertarian, really appreciate the post office ever since taking a class on Stamp Collecting at Cub Scout camp. I miss having a PO Box when I was "forced" to go to the Post Office everyday to see the new stamps and what have you. returnreturnGallagher does a fairly decent job walking us through the history of the animal that is the Government/Business of the USPS. returnreturnHowever from her writing it is very clear that she is a Northern Progressive with little respect for southern conservative folks. I doubt she even realizes that it comes across that way. She focuses a lot more on the first 150 years than the last 100, but she claims because there wasn't much to draw on. returnreturnI'm glad that the US didn't try to get the Post to run the Internet as …

I liked this book. I am surprised by how much I, an anti-government Libertarian, really appreciate the post office ever since taking a class on Stamp Collecting at Cub Scout camp. I miss having a PO Box when I was "forced" to go to the Post Office everyday to see the new stamps and what have you. returnreturnGallagher does a fairly decent job walking us through the history of the animal that is the Government/Business of the USPS. returnreturnHowever from her writing it is very clear that she is a Northern Progressive with little respect for southern conservative folks. I doubt she even realizes that it comes across that way. She focuses a lot more on the first 150 years than the last 100, but she claims because there wasn't much to draw on. returnreturnI'm glad that the US didn't try to get the Post to run the Internet as she claims would have been the natural progression. I couldn't imagine the cluster.returnreturnNothing to write-home about, pun intended, but interesting and worth the read regardless.