Lawrence P. Gooley

North Country / Adirondack Author

People & Places of the Adirondacks & Foothills, Volume 1

People & Places of the Adirondacks & Foothills, Volume 1-Front Cover People & Places of the Adirondacks & Foothills, Volume 1-Back Cover
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Format and Purchasing Information

Paperback

Where to Buy
Online:
The North Country Store
Stores:
See List
Price:
$20.00
Dimensions (WxHxT):
5.2 x 8.2 x 0.6 in
Weight:
0.8 lbs
Pages:
208
Illustrations:
62
Publication Date:
Publisher:
Bloated Toe Publishing
ISBN‐13:
978-1939216137
ISBN‐10:
1939216133

Description

The People & Places of the Adirondacks collection 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.

They all have one thing in common: each is rooted in the North Country, defined here as the Adirondacks and foothills. The region’s past is filled with relative or complete unknowns who were, in fact, highly accomplished individuals. Many of the chapters here reveal their stories, which are well worth preserving. Those and others are presented with a purpose that is threefold: to educate, amuse, and entertain.

In this volume…

  • Hats for Horses: Was it Really a Thing? You Bet!
  • The Mandrake Tupper Family’s Remarkable Civil War Record
  • Chicken Theft: Once a Prison-Worthy Crime
  • Catamount Mountain: A Dynamite Movie Role
  • Homing Pigeons in the Adirondacks
  • Eddie “Phat Boy” Babbage: Big, Bold, and Beloved
  • The Greatest Rescue in Adirondack History
  • An Adirondack Photograph Makes Newspaper History
  • Ticonderoga Canines: Doggone Good Friends
  • Lake Champlain Fishing Shanties: Faster than a Speeding Bullet …
  • John C. Austin: Wanted—But was He Dead or Alive?
  • No Bones Were Broken: True Tales of Tumbling Linemen
  • Rouses Point, Border Village: So Many Famous Visitors!
  • Garrett Cashman: The Birdman of Albany
  • George Cheney: Pioneer Recorder of World Music
  • Fecund Families of the North Country
  • Henry Harrison Markham: Wilmington to West Coast Governor
  • Rooftop Highway Déjà Vu
  • The Dueling Sheriffs of Hamilton County
  • Robert Emmett Odlum: Public-Safety Daredevil
  • Thomas William Symons: Building America from Coast to Coast
  • Rock Eaters? No Way … But Anything Else Will Do!
  • Adirondack Swindles: Deceptive and Detestable
  • North Country vs. KKK: Battling in the Streets
  • It was Nearly Pok-O-Rushmore!
  • John L. Dunlap: A Character with Character
  • Leonard J. Farwell: Wisconsin Governor and Forever Tied to Lincoln
  • Taylor-Made Communications: Schenectady to Lake Desolation