North Country / Adirondack Author
Associated Event Listing: Autumn Leaves: The 16th Annual Glens Falls Chronicle Book Fair
The Post-Star, November 3, 2011—Adirondack history writer coming to regional book fair: Gooley has become one of the most well-known writers in the region through his book, Terror in the Adirondacks: The True Story of Serial Killer Robert F. Garrow.
Author Lawrence P. Gooley appears on the September 29, 2011, edition of Mountain Lake Journal EXTRA to discuss Prohibition and bootlegging in the North Country, especially line houses/stores along the US-Canada border.
NOTE: The North Country Prohibition segment begins at 14:55, with Mr. Gooley’s portion beginning at 18:32. The segment ends at 24:22.
Press-Republican, July 31, 2011—Local publisher earns national recognition: Gooley decided to buck the odds by publishing his work through his own business and not one of the many self-publishing companies that are available through a myriad of sources. Thus, Bloated Toe Enterprises was born.
Publishers Weekly, April 4, 2011—Innovation in the Adirondacks: Peru, N.Y., a small town on Lake Champlain with a population of 6,400, might seem like an unlikely spot for a publisher to set up shop. But it didn’t deter Lawrence Gooley and his partner, Jill McKee. Seven years ago they founded Bloated Toe Enterprises there.
Associated Event Listing: 2011 Mooers Free Library Benefit Day
Sun Community News, February 9, 2011—Library benefit to bring out some local authors: Gooley, operator of Bloated Toe Enterprises, organizer of North Country Authors, and the author of nine books including Terror in the Adirondacks: The True Story of Serial Killer Robert F. Garrow, will be at the event and will be bringing other local authors Kathy Baumgarten, Richard Frost, Bob Garrow, Doug Kashorek, Gordie Little, and Anastasia Pratt.
The Post-Star, January 25, 2011—Adirondack David vs. Rockefeller Goliath: Gooley’s book tells the story of Oliver Lamora, a Civil War veteran living on a military pension, who settled in a house with his family in the Adirondack town of Brandon.
Author Lawrence P. Gooley discusses his latest book, History of Churubusco and the Town of Clinton, Clinton County, New York, on Home Town Cable’s Our Little Corner.
Bloated Toe Publishing of Peru, New York, recently released History of Churubusco (6 x 9, 287 pp.), a new book by award-winning author Lawrence P. Gooley, along with three other titles that recently sold out. The new book, Gooley’s ninth, details the history of both Churubusco and the Town of…
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Associated Event Listing: Presentation: Tracking Robert Garrow (Hadley-Luzerne Public Library)
The Post-Star, October 15, 2010—Lake Luzerne happenings: Author Lawrence P. Gooley of Plattsburgh will tell the story of Robert Garrow, an Adirondack serial killer (Tuesday, Oct. 26 at 7 p.m., Hadley-Luzerne Public Library community room).
Adirondack Almanack, December 20, 2009—Terror in the Adirondacks: Serial Killer Robert Garrow: Lawrence P. Gooley has published another outstanding chronicle of Adirondack history, Terror in the Adirondacks: The True Story of Serial Killer Robert F. Garrow.