The postal system, from its beginnings in the 17th century, has been a matter of both aggravation and dependability to every man and woman in America. In They Carried the Mail, Mathew J. Bowyer presents the fascinating history of these bearers of ill and joyous tidings.There is nothing quite like this book when Bowyer writes about the people who move the mail, their attitudes and their jobs, their gripes and their jokes.The Washington StarCovers everything from the Pony Express to the problem of pornography in the mails.The Anniston Star
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"All you want to know about mail except why stamps won't stick." -- Publishers Weekly
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Mat Bowyer was a postal supervisor and a postal insider when he wrote this book. The then curator of the Smithsonians division of philately and postal history wrote the foreword. Since then, Mat has authored nine other books on different subjects. That initial opus has since become a postal classic and collectors item.
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