Lawrence P. Gooley has written many books related to Adirondack/northern New York history and true crime. A few examples are listed below. To view all the author’s books, please visit his website.
Dannemora’s Death House: The Crimes and Fates of 41 Killers Sentenced to Die in Clinton Prison’s Electric Chair
Paperback, 6 x 9, 456 pages
ISBN-13: 978-1939216571
ISBN-10: 1939216575
Publisher: Bloated Toe Publishing
Published: 2017
Inside Dannemora's Death House (2017) are the stories of 41 murderers who were sentenced to die in Dannemora’s electric chair. Graphic details of many brutal attacks are covered, including victims’ injuries as provided in coroner and autopsy reports, so this is not a book for the squeamish—but it is a book for fans of true-crime stories. There’s plenty of drama, passion, and angst throughout in stories ranging from shocking to frightening to just plain remarkable.
Available online via the publisher’s online store (The North Country Store), and through Adirondack-region stores.
People & Places of the Adirondacks & Foothills, Volume 7
Paperback, 5¼ x 8¼, 208 pages
ISBN-13: 978-1939216533
ISBN-10: 1939216532
Publisher: Bloated Toe Publishing
Published: 2016
People & Places of the Adirondacks & Foothills, Volume 7 (2016) contains a variety of story types: original works of hard history, the lives of unusual people, noteworthy accomplishments, groundbreaking inventions, remarkable mishaps, oddities, and humor. Included in this volume: From the Andy Griffith Show: Arnold Winkler is from Plattsburgh; Rita LaBombard: A Lifetime of Giving; Keeseville, New York: Birthplace of Muffets; Willsboro’s Bloody Bill Higby; Comedian Johnny Prindle: The Gift of Laughter; Francis Pratt, Founder of Pratt & Whitney; James J. Barry: Achieving the Improbable; George Kissell: The King of Baseball; North Country Doctor Isaac Patchen Provides the Breath of Life; and more!
Available online via the publisher’s online store (The North Country Store), and through Adirondack-region stores.
Killing in the Kuyahoora Valley
Paperback, 5¼ x 8¼, 126 pages
ISBN-13: 978-1939216120
ISBN-10: 1939216125
Publisher: Bloated Toe Publishing
Published: 2013
Killing in the Kuyahoora Valley (2013) is the true story of a murderous attack in 1914 by a teenager in the village of Poland, New York. Kuyahoora, the native-American name for West Canada Creek, is located in Herkimer County. Poland, in the southern Adirondack foothills, is about 15 miles northeast of Utica.
Available online via the publisher’s online store (The North Country Store), and through Adirondack-region stores.
25 Diabolical Adirondack Murders: The Twisted, Fiendish Deeds of North Country Killers
Paperback, 6 x 9, 272 pages
ISBN-13: 978-0983692539
ISBN-10: 098369253X
Publisher: Bloated Toe Publishing
Published: 2012
25 Diabolical Adirondack Murders: The Twisted, Fiendish Deeds of North Country Killers (2012) contains twenty-five complete stories of murder in the North Country. The perpetrators range from average citizens to some of the worst degenerates imaginable. Their methods run the gamut from poison to clubs to knives to guns to axes, while their stories contain shocking revelations and remarkable twists, far too many to count.
In 2013, a Watertown-area murder included in the book was featured in a Discovery ID Halloween special, Bloody Marys. The author provided voice-over and commentary for the segment.
Available online via the publisher’s online store (The North Country Store), and through Adirondack-region stores.
Terror in the Adirondacks: The True Story of Serial Killer Robert F. Garrow
Paperback, 6 x 9, 216 pages
ISBN-13: 978-0979574139
ISBN-10: 0979574137
Publisher: Bloated Toe Publishing
Published: 2009
Terror in the Adirondacks (2009) tells the story, from birth to grave, of Robert F. Garrow. In the summer of 1973, the serial killer’s rampage in the Adirondack Mountains of northern New York State changed the region forever. Innocent visitors and campers were brutally knifed to death, terrifying thousands of residents and vacationers.
Available online via the publisher’s online store (The North Country Store), and through Adirondack-region stores.
Oliver’s War: An Adirondack Rebel Battles the Rockefeller Fortune
Paperback, 6 x 9, 196 pages
ISBN-13: 978-0979574108
ISBN-10: 0979574102
Publisher: Bloated Toe Publishing
Published: 2007
Also available as an eBook (EPUB and MOBI)
Oliver’s War: An Adirondack Rebel Battles the Rockefeller Fortune (2007) is the true story of Oliver Lamora’s struggle against William Rockefeller (brother of John D. Rockefeller). For a decade in the early 1900s, their saga gripped newspaper readers from coast to coast.
Winner of the Adirondack Center for Writing Award for Best Book of Nonfiction.
Available online via the publisher’s online store (The North Country Store), and through Adirondack-region stores.
Lyon Mountain: The Tragedy of a Mining Town
Paperback, 6 x 9, 224 pages
ISBN-13: 978-1939216199
ISBN-10: 1939216192
Publisher: Bloated Toe Publishing
Published: 2004
Lyon Mountain: The Tragedy of a Mining Town (2004) details the town’s early mining history from the 1870s through 1919. Subsequent chapters deal with Lyon Mountain’s years as a company town under the thumb (fist?) of J.R. Linney; the town’s immigrant population and its roots; firsthand accounts of mining jobs from long-deceased miners; the riveting story of death in the mines; the remarkable true story of the town’s Mafia-connected years; and finally the story of the North American Champion Bobsled Team and the legendary Lyon Mountain Miners Baseball Team.
Available online via the publisher’s online store (The North Country Store), and through Adirondack-region stores.
