Neither Snow Nor Rain: A History of the United States Postal Service by Devin Leonard is an engaging, character-driven chronology of the USPS as we Americans know it today, from its initial start when were a colony to the zip code.
There wasn't too much to call out in this book, but the main theme I took away is the sheer significance of the logistical management of the USPS, as well as the power and novelty of the USPS when it began. Because I've grown up with the USPS, I never thought of it as an entity that could wield political and social power. When it first began, understandably so, people were concerned it would be a tool used by the government to deteriorate the hard-fought rights won in the War of Independence.
Good book to finish the week of July 4th! Thanks, Carla, for the recommendation.
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