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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
An illustrated history of the Pony Express that describes its origins, its heyday and its demise; also includes a time line, a bibliography, and a list of related Internet sites.
In 1888, Owney, a stray puppy, finds a home in the Albany, New York, post office and becomes its official mascot as he rides the mail train through the Adirondacks discovering new vistas and friends along the way. Based on a true story.
