150-year-old Envelope With No Address Compels Postmaster To Embark Upon A Life-changing Journey

By Mark Jacob

Opinion

Kochersperger while working on the case, told the Smithsonian magazine, “I identified with [Shephard] as a boy off to see the world. I could also identify with his parents since I have five kids of my own.” Being emphatic, he started analyzing the letters and the case took a different direction altogether.