A masterful history of a long underappreciated institution, How the Post Office Created America examines the surprising role of the postal service in our nation

In the seven decades from its establishment in 1775 to the commercialization of the electric telegraph in 1844, the American postal system spurred a communicati

This book brings to life the important but neglected story of African American postal workers and the critical role they played in the U.S. labor and black free

“[The] book makes you care what happens to its main protagonist, the U.S. Postal Service itself. And, as such, it leaves you at the end in suspense.” —USA

“’The history of its Post Office is nothing less than the story of America,’ Ms. Gallagher’s opening sentence declares, and in this lively book she make