Summary of Devin Leonard's Neither Snow Nor Rain

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Get the Summary of Devin Leonard's Neither Snow Nor Rain in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: In Neither Snow Nor Rain, journalist Devin Leonard tackles the fascinating, centuries-long history of the USPS, from the first letter carriers through Franklin’s days, when postmasters worked out of their homes and post roads cut new paths through the wilderness. Under Andrew Jackson, the post office was molded into a vast patronage machine, and by the 1870s, over seventy percent of federal employees were postal workers. As the country boomed, USPS aggressively developed new technology, from mobile post offices on railroads and airmail service to mechanical sorting machines and optical character readers.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Dec 8, 2021
• ISBN: 9781669342731

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Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 10

Insights from Chapter 11

Insights from Chapter 12

Insights from Chapter 13

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

When Benjamin Franklin arrived in Philadelphia, he went to visit Andrew Bradford, who ran a printing shop and a general store. Franklin was hired as an apprentice at the latter, but he felt he could do much better. So he opened his own printing shop, which later became the Pennsylvania Gazette, and began publishing a newspaper of his own.

#2

The author was a young man working for a newspaper in colonial Pennsylvania when he came across an article about a new postmaster in Philadelphia, Benjamin Franklin. Franklin was the publisher of the newspaper, and he was running an errand for the British Crown.

#3

Franklin’s post office, which was the first postal service in the colonies, allowed people to send mail to one another. This led to the creation of a nationwide postal system that everyone in the colonies relied on.

#4

The Chinese and Romans had efficient postal systems thousands of years ago, and so did the Egyptians, Persians, and Greeks. The only difference was that the latter two reserved their postal services for their elites only.

#5

The Muslim postal system in the Middle Ages set the foundation for the modern postal system.

#6

The first postal system in the American colonies was set up in 1635, but it was a complete failure due to poor management and high costs for