Lawrence P. Gooley

North Country / Adirondack Author

Book Tag: War of 1812

Adirondack & North Country Gold: 50+ New & True Stories You’re Sure to Love

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There is no other book out there like Adirondack & North Country Gold. Within these pages are 51 original stories about remarkable people, places, and events from the Adirondacks and foothills. Included are four anchor chapters that together are large enough to fill a volume: the life stories of Garrett Cashman, Michael Donovan, Harry Elkes, and Eben Rexford.

Though they may be unfamiliar names, their accomplishments are legend. Cashman was history’s second cluster balloonist who, in the 1950s, captured the imagination of the entire nation. Donovan was a world-champion athlete whose achievements rank among the rarest in sports. Elkes was a beloved world-champion cyclist with a brilliant and tragic career. And the modest and unassuming Rexford wrote one of the most enduring songs in American history, a best-seller for more than half a century.

There’s so much more among the other 47 stories. You’ll find humor (The Great Canine Court Caper); inspiration (the Dean Van Clute story); romance (Love So Strong, It’s Criminal); mystery (New York’s Legendary Vanishing Judge); and the offbeat (Alligators in the Adirondacks, and Rock Eaters? No Way … But Anything Else Will Do!). » More Details

The Battle of Plattsburgh Question & Answer Book

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The Battle of Plattsburgh Question & Answer Book will bring to the reader a wealth of interesting information in a unique and fun style.

For instance, did you know:

  • That Thomas Macdonough once destroyed a famous ship of the United States Navy?
  • That Plattsburgh has an unusual link to Pearl Harbor?
  • That Vermont once minted its own coins?
  • What caused that red glare that Francis Scott Key wrote of in our national anthem?
  • That Thomas Macdonough performed legendary heroic deeds in another war before Plattsburgh?
  • That a famous American forever linked to glory in the War of 1812 was a war protestor?
  • That the rooster story on the Saratoga may have origins related to Thomas Macdonough himself?
  • That President John Quincy Adams promoted Alexander Macomb ahead of two senior ranking generals?

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