{"id":14844,"date":"2016-05-03T09:47:45","date_gmt":"2016-05-03T14:47:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=14844"},"modified":"2016-05-03T09:47:45","modified_gmt":"2016-05-03T14:47:45","slug":"neither-snow-nor-rain-postal-service-history-published","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2016\/05\/03\/neither-snow-nor-rain-postal-service-history-published\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Neither Snow nor Rain\u2019 &#8211; Postal Service History Published"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"entry-header\">\n<h1 class=\"entry-title-full\">\u2018Neither Snow nor Rain\u2019 &#8211; Postal Service history published<\/h1>\n<div class=\"entry-meta\"><span class=\"entry-date\"><time class=\"entry-date\" datetime=\"2016-05-02T13:44:08+00:00\"><a href=\"http:\/\/link.usps.com\/2016\/05\/02\/neither-snow-nor-rain\/\">USPS News Link<\/a> 5\/2\/16<\/time><\/span><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"entry-content full\">\n<div class=\"post-thumbnail link-fullfeature\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-twentyfourteen-full-width wp-post-image\" src=\"http:\/\/link.usps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/USPSBook_large-story.jpg\" alt=\"Grove Atlantic has published \u201cNeither Snow nor Rain: A History of the United States Postal Service.\u201d\" width=\"462\" height=\"308\" \/><\/p>\n<h6 class=\"link-caption\">Grove Atlantic has published \u201cNeither Snow nor Rain: A History of the United States Postal Service.<\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cNeither Snow nor Rain: A History of the United States Postal Service,\u201d a new book by business journalist Devin Leonard, will go on sale May 3.<\/p>\n<p>The<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.groveatlantic.com\/?title=Neither+Snow+nor+Rain\" target=\"_blank\"><em>288-page book<\/em><\/a><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>tells the centuries-long story of USPS from its beginnings under Benjamin Franklin, the first Postmaster General, through the era of digital communications.<\/p>\n<p>Leonard highlights how the Postal Service has been involved in the country\u2019s most important issues, as well the organization\u2019s efforts to meet the challenges of mail delivery.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNeither Snow nor Rain\u201d also includes facts that might surprise today\u2019s readers.<\/p>\n<p>For example, Postmasters were once political appointees who worked out of their homes, while postage stamps weren\u2019t used until 60 years after the postal system was created.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNeither Snow nor Rain\u201d is being lauded by other writers, including Fergus M. Bordewich, author of \u201cThe First Congress.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[Leonard] has taken the Post Office \u2026 and delivered a vivid and surprising story filled with indelibly drawn personalities,\u201d Bordewich writes in one review. \u201cWith crisp prose and unflagging narrative drive, Leonard reveals the forgotten history of the institution, and makes abundantly clear, the story of the Post Office is also the story of America.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018Neither Snow nor Rain\u2019 &#8211; Postal Service history published USPS News Link 5\/2\/16 Grove Atlantic has published \u201cNeither Snow nor Rain: A History of the United States Postal Service. \u201cNeither Snow nor Rain: A History of the United States Postal Service,\u201d a new book by business journalist Devin Leonard, will go on sale May 3. 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