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Mailman : my wild ride delivering mail in Appalachia and finally finding home

Mailman : my wild ride delivering mail in Appalachia and finally finding home

Book 2025

Steve was laid off in March of 2020. He was fifty, had cancer, and needed health insurance--fast! Which is how he found himself as a rural letter carrier in Appalachia, back in his old hometown of Blacksburg, Virginia. Suddenly, he was the guy with the goods, delivering dog food and respirators and lube and heirloom tomato seeds and Lord of the Rings replica swords. He transported chicken feed to grandmothers living alone in the mountains, and tr...