North Country / Adirondack Author
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.
Observer-Dispatch, January 31, 2014—New book on Gianini murder released: The Herkimer County Historical Society has several new book titles in its gift shop, including Killing in the Kuyahoora Valley by Lawrence P. Gooley. The book is an account of the 1914 Gianini murder case, when 16-year-old Jean Gianini was charged with the murder of his school teacher Lida Beecher in the village of Poland.
Bloated Toe Publishing of Peru, New York, is pleased to announce the release of a new true-crime title, Killing in the Kuyahoora Valley (126 pp, $18) by award-winning author Lawrence P. Gooley. The book chronicles the story of Poland, New York, schoolteacher Lydia Beecher, who was brutally murdered in 1914…
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Sun Community News, October 29, 2013—Local author’s murder story to air on Halloween: Lawrence P. Gooley, Adirondack historian and true-crime author from the Plattsburgh area, will appear on the Investigation Discovery channel at midnight Halloween in a special titled “Bloody Marys.” The Mary Farmer story is based on a chapter of his recent book, 25 Diabolical Adirondack Murders: The Twisted, Fiendish Deeds of Adirondack Killers.
Sneak peek of the upcoming Halloween special that will air on Discovery ID (aka Investigation Discovery). Author Lawrence P. Gooley provides voice-over and on-screen narration for the Mary Farmer segment. Mary Farmer lived in Brownville (near Watertown), New York, and murdered her neighbor. The Farmer story is one of the murders chronicled in Gooley’s book, 25 Diabolical Adirondack Murders: The Twisted, Fiendish Deeds of Adirondack Killers.
Sun Community News, September 10, 2013—Local author to appear on Discovery Channel: Gooley, along with Jill Jones, his partner at Bloated Toe, were recently contacted by a representative from NBC, who wanted to use one of the stories from Gooley’s 2012 book, 25 Diabolical Adirondack Murders: The Twisted, Fiendish Deeds of Adirondack Killers, for an upcoming segment on their Discovery ID channel.
Author Lawrence P. Gooley and former Troop B Commander Jack Lawliss discuss serial killer Robert F. Garrow, on Home Town Cable’s Our Little Corner.
Associated Event Listing: 29th Annual Hoss’s Authors’ Night
Sun Community News, August 7, 2013—Dozens of authors slated for big night at Hoss’s Aug. 13: Among the authors and musicians will be: Speedy Arnold, Larry Gooley, Carol Gregson, and Kathleen Larkin.
Associated Event Listing: 2013 Rhythm & Rhymes
Sun Community News, August 2, 2013—Authors, artists to be celebrated in North Creek: Author Lawrence Gooley—well known for his books on Robert Garrow and other Adirondack historical events—will be located at the Rhythm & Rhymes headquarters.
Adirondack Life, December, 2012—Regional Reads: A selection of new Adirondack titles: True-crime junkies shouldn’t miss Lawrence Gooley’s 25 Diabolical Adirondack Murders: The Twisted, Fiendish Deeds of North Country Killers (Bloated Toe Publishing). In chapters like “Scissors to the Sinus” and “Pieces of Louise,” Gooley gives readers a North Country version of Law & Order, following evildoers from crime to conviction.