North Country / Adirondack Author
Award-winning author Lawrence P. Gooley will present “Bullets, Booze, Bootleggers, and Beer: The Story of Prohibition in Northern New York,” a PowerPoint presentation in which he will discuss North Country bootlegging, line houses, and other topics related to the Prohibition era.
NNY360, January 11, 2020—Author documents “Bullets, Booze, Bootleggers” on 100th anniversary of Prohibition: While growing up in Champlain, Clinton County, Lawrence P. Gooley was given some words of advice by his mother.
“There were some old-timers in town, of which my mom would say, ‘You shouldn’t be hanging around with those old bootleggers,'” he said. “And it turned out they were actually bootleggers. They had some great stories to tell.”
The tales were partially what inspired him to research and write, “Bullets, Booze, Bootleggers, and Beer: The Story of Prohibition in Northern New York, Volume 1 — 1920-1926.”
Press-Republican, December 18, 2019—Fast cars, fast money & booze: Rumors of bootlegging North Country ancestors that got caught can probably be verified in “Bullets, Booze, Bootleggers, and Beer: The Story of Prohibition in Northern New York, Volume 1:1920-1926.”
Written by award-winning author/Bloated Toe publisher Lawrence Gooley, it was seven years in the making.
Author Lawrence P. Gooley and his partner, Jill Jones, discuss their latest books, including Bullets, Booze, Bootleggers, and Beer: The Story of Prohibition in Northern New York, Volume 1 and much more on Home Town Cable’s Home Town Stories.
Bloated Toe Publishing has released a new nonfiction book, Bullets, Booze, Bootleggers, and Beer: The Story of Prohibition in Northern New York, Volume 1: 1920–1926 (8 x 10, hard cover, 472 pp, $32), by award-winning author Lawrence P. Gooley. The book chronicles in detail the first seven years of the…
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Watertown Daily Times, July 31, 2014—Author takes a look at bootlegging in the north country: Author Lawrence Gooley has been researching for his latest book about the north country, and has found barrels full of information about the area’s wild and lawless bootlegging during the Prohibition Era.
Award-winning author Lawrence P. Gooley will present “Prohibition in Chateaugay and Franklin County,” a PowerPoint presentation in which he will discuss North Country bootlegging, line houses, and other topics related to the Prohibition era.
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.