postal service

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Postal workers

2005
Presents a children's book for early readers that describes how mail is sorted and delivered to various houses and businesses and how mail is moved from city to city.

Going postal

2005
Moist von Lipwig, alias Alfred Spangler, is given a choice of either reviving the Ankh-Morpork Post Office or death, but getting the system up and running again proves to be a near-impossible task.

Red letter day

1995
After visiting the local post office, Mr. Summers's third-grade class gains a greater respect for mail carriers and the work they perform.

Sending a letter

1999
Describes how messages have been sent throughout history, from the use of smoke signals and messengers to modern use of electronic means of communication, including fax and e-mail.

Stagecoaches and the Pony Express

2004
An account of the most widely-used delivery systems in the nineteenth-century United States, stagecoaches and the Pony Express, discussing their development and challenges faced during their growth.

The postman

1988
As the postman moves on his rounds through the busy town, he sees many aspects of its life, from teachers at the local school to children in the swimming pool.

Going postal

a novel of Discworld
2005
Moist von Lipwig, alias Alfred Spangler, is given a choice of either reviving the Ankh-Morpork Post Office or death, but getting the system up and running again proves to be a near-impossible task.

Snowshoe Thompson

1996
One winter John Thompson skis across the Sierra Nevada Mountains and creates a path upon which mail and people may travel, thus earning his nickname "Snowshoe Thompson.".

Euclid Bunny delivers the mail

1991
When the chickens who deliver the Barnyard mail come down with the flu, Postmaster Bernie Bear hires a speedy bunny to do the job, with humorous results.

Mail riders

Paul Revere to pony express
1961
Describes the efforts of individuals to deliver mail from the time of the Revolutionary War to the Pony Express in the 1860's.

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