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Book Nook: How the Post Office Created America-a History, by Winifred Gallagher

The U.S. Postal Service has played a significant role in the history of our country. In her book "How the Post Office Created America-a History" Winifred Gallagher enumerates the many major impacts that our U.S. Mail has had upon the growth and development of our infrastructure, our industries, and our educational opportunities.

It is a service that was founded by visionaries like Benjamin Franklin who brought their revolutionary thinking to the creation of an organization that is as crucial and essential today as it was in the days of the pioneers, the early settlements, and vast wildernesses.

I had the author on the show for the original release of the hardcover version and I brought her back again for the paperback release because this is a very important book.

The Book Nook on WYSO is made possible by five local library systems in southwest Ohio:  the Greene County Public Library,  Washington-Centerville Public Library,  Clark County Public LibraryDayton Metro Library, and Wright Memorial Public Library.

Vick Mickunas introduced the Book Nook author interview program for WYSO in 1994. Over the years he has produced more than 1500 interviews with writers, musicians, poets, politicians, and celebrities. Listen to the Book Nook with Vick Mickunas for intimate conversations about books with the writers who create them. Vick Mickunas reviews books for the Dayton Daily News and the Springfield News Sun.