Lawrence Gooley is an award-winning author of many books related to Adirondack and North Country history. In addition, Lawrence writes articles for Adirondack Almanack and New York History.

He is also available to appear at book signings, to give presentations, and to sell a variety of articles related to northern New York history for inclusion in online and print publications.

Lawrence published his first book, A History of the Altona Flat Rock, in 1980. For the chapter about the Altona blueberry business, he was awarded the 1980 McMaster's Prize for Historical Writing. Shortly thereafter, Lawrence began conducting research and interviews for his next planned book about Lyon Mountain, New York. He had three small children by this time, though, and publishing of that book, Lyon Mountain: The Tragedy of a Mining Town, was delayed until 2004.

That was also the year in which Lawrence and his wife / partner Jill Jones started their publishing company—Bloated Toe Enterprises—a business that includes Bloated Toe Publishing and The North Country Store (online store). The company has now produced over 65 books, with others in various stages of preparation. A profile of Bloated Toe Enterprises appeared in the November 2009 issue of Strictly Business magazine, and in the April 4, 2011, issue of Publishers Weekly magazine.

Awards

Adirondack Literary Award for Best Book of Nonfiction (2007); McMaster's Prize for Historical Writing (1980)

Available for

Book Fairs, Book Signings, Fundraisers, Speaking Engagements

Websites

LawrenceGooley.com, Bloated Toe Enterprises, AdirondackMurders.com

Books

• Villainous Vermont: 32 True Accounts of Murder, Homicide, and Unresolved Deaths in the Green Mountain State (2024, Bloated Toe Publishing, View Book Image)
• Bullets, Booze, Bootleggers, and Beer: The Story of Prohibition in Northern New York, Volume 1 (2019, Bloated Toe Publishing, View Book Image)
• Dannemora's Death House: The Crimes and Fates of 41 Killers Sentenced to Die in Clinton Prison's Electric Chair (2017, Bloated Toe Publishing, View Book Image)
• People & Places of the Adirondacks & Foothills, Volume 7 (2016, Bloated Toe Publishing, View Book Image)
• Escape from Dannemora (2015, Bloated Toe Publishing, View Book Image)
• People & Places of the Adirondacks & Foothills, Volume 6 (2015, Bloated Toe Publishing, View Book Image)
• People & Places of the Adirondacks & Foothills, Volume 5 (2014, Bloated Toe Publishing, View Book Image)
• People & Places of the Adirondacks & Foothills, Volume 4 (2013, Bloated Toe Publishing)
• People & Places of the Adirondacks & Foothills, Volume 3 (2013, Bloated Toe Publishing)
• People & Places of the Adirondacks & Foothills, Volume 2 (2013, Bloated Toe Publishing)
• People & Places of the Adirondacks & Foothills, Volume 1 (2013, Bloated Toe Publishing)
• Killing in the Kuyahoora Valley (2013, Bloated Toe Publishing, View Book Image) - A True Story: The Murder of Poland, New York, schoolteacher Lydia Beecher by teenager Jean Gianini
• Out of the Darkness: In Memory of Lyon Mountain's Iron Men, Second Edition (2013, Bloated Toe Publishing)
• 25 Diabolical Adirondack Murders: The Twisted, Fiendish Deeds of North Country Killers (2012, Bloated Toe Publishing, View Book Image)
• Adirondack & North Country Gold: 50+ New & True Stories You're Sure to Love (2011, Bloated Toe Publishing, View Book Image)
• History of Churubusco and the Town of Clinton, Clinton County, New York (2010, Bloated Toe Publishing, View Book Image)
• Terror in the Adirondacks: The True Story of Serial Killer Robert F. Garrow (2009, Bloated Toe Publishing, View Book Image)
• Oliver's War: An Adirondack Rebel Battles the Rockefeller Fortune (2007, Bloated Toe Publishing, View Book Image) - Winner of the Adirondack Literary Award for Best Book of Nonfiction
• Brendler's Boys: The House That George Built (2006, Bloated Toe Publishing, View Book Image)
• A History of the Altona Flat Rock, Silver Anniversary Edition (2005, Bloated Toe Publishing, View Book Image)
• The Battle of Plattsburgh Question & Answer Book (2005, Bloated Toe Publishing, View Book Image)
• Out of the Darkness: In Memory of Lyon Mountain's Iron Men (2005, Bloated Toe Publishing) - Limited availability in local stores; Second Edition released in 2013.
• Lyon Mountain: The Tragedy of a Mining Town (2004, Bloated Toe Publishing, View Book Image)
• A History of the Altona Flat Rock (1980) - No longer available; Silver Anniversary Edition released in 2005.