Great American Post Offices

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  • Great American Post Offices Book Detail

  • Author : James H. Bruns
  • Release Date : 1998
  • Publisher :
  • Genre : Architecture
  • Pages : 296
  • ISBN 13 :
  • File Size : 73,73 MB

Great American Post Offices by James H. Bruns PDF Summary

Book Description: Before the advent of mass communication, the neighborhood post office and the church were the very heart of civic life throughout most of rural America. The Smithsonian's postal historian James Bruns takes us on a fascinating journey through three centuries of American history as embodied in its post offices. Bruns covers 500 historic post office sites across the U.S. 181 photos.

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“[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