Love, Death and Betrayal: the Anna and Vito Genovese Story, will be offered at the Middletown Library on Tuesday., June 28 at 7 p.m.
Presented by historian John R Barrows, the program will be accessible both live and virtually. Although no registration is required, guests to the in-person program musts arrive no later than 7 p.m. Those wanting to attend the meeting virtually must register with the Monmouth County Library in advance of
Anna Genovese was the ultimate mafia wife, but was very different from women of her time. Vito Genovese was the most feared gangster in America. They lived locally in both Middletown and Atlantic Highlands, which he loved, but she loathed. Barrows gives a striking perspective on the relationship between this very unique husband and wife Bayshore couple.
Barrows is founder and editor of MonmouthTimeline.org, a website that presents the illustrated history of Monmouth County through a collection of stories from 400 years of history, told by other local historians. The most important of these stories are highlighted on social media through graphic features called “This Day in Monmouth County History.”
A longtime passionate consumer of history, Barrows founded Monmouth Timeline in 2000 after retiring from corporate communications and public relations, where he was in a position of global responsibility for a Fortune 500 company.
A resident of Little Silver, he holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Newspaper Journalism from Syracuse University, and a master’s degree in Communication and Information Science from Rutgers University.
To register for the virtual presentation of the program visit https://www.mtpl.org/
