Lawrence P. Gooley

North Country / Adirondack Author

People & Places of the Adirondacks & Foothills, Volume 7

People & Places of the Adirondacks & Foothills, Volume 7-Front Cover People & Places of the Adirondacks & Foothills, Volume 7-Back Cover
People & Places of the Adirondacks & Foothills, Volume 7-Front Cover People & Places of the Adirondacks & Foothills, Volume 7-Back Cover

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:
69
Publication Date:
Publisher:
Bloated Toe Publishing
ISBN‐13:
978-1939216533
ISBN‐10:
1939216532

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…

  • Dog’s Best Friend to the Rescue
  • Women of World War I Laid the Groundwork for Rosie the Riveter
  • From the Andy Griffith Show: Arnold Winkler is from Plattsburgh!
  • Where the Compass Says North is Everywhere…
  • Rita LaBombard: A Lifetime of Giving
  • The League of the Kindly Tongue
  • Headline Humor from the Past
  • Wartime Weapon Production in the Adirondacks
  • Halloween Pranks of Old
  • Two North Country Men Linked by Their Deaths in New York City
  • Keeseville, New York: Birthplace of Muffets
  • Animal Gluttons I Have Known
  • Dicker Days in Elizabethtown
  • Willsboro’s Bloody Bill Higby
  • Fun with some Battle of Plattsburgh/War of 1812 Q & A
  • Comedian Johnny Prindle: The Gift of Laughter
  • Skywatch in the North Country: Uniting to Prevent World War III
  • Dazzling Drummers: The Clarks of Lewis County
  • Francis Pratt, Founder of Pratt & Whitney, Changed the World of Industry
  • James J. Barry: Achieving the Improbable
  • A Tidy Scam: Cats + Rats = Profits
  • Allen’s Bear Fight Up in Keene
  • George Kissell: The King of Baseball
  • William Anderson: Troy Newspaperman and Adirondack Booster
  • Adirondack Slickum
  • North Country Doctor Isaac Patchen Provides the Breath of Life
  • Adirondack Roots Saved Adgate Schermerhorn’s Life
  • Harvey Kane: Newspaper Editor with a Poet’s Touch
  • Charles Redfield: Newsprint Ran Through His Veins
  • Censorship: The Great Comic-Book Crisis
  • Livingston Stone: Nearly Everything He Did was “Fishy”