The History of Tom White, The Postillion is a novel written by Tom White and published in 1829. The book is a fictionalized account of the life of Tom White, a postillion (a person who rides on the front of a horse-drawn carriage to guide the horses) who worked in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. The novel follows Tom's life from his childhood in the English countryside to his time as a postillion, traveling throughout England and Scotland.The...