The Franklin D. Roosevelt

Presidential Library and Museum

presents an author talk and signing

with Anthony P. Musso, author of

MADAMS, MOBSTERS AND

MURDERS IN THE HUDSON VALLEY

Thursday, October 26, 2023

at 6:00 p.m. ET

In-person: Wallace Center at the

FDR Presidential Library and Home

CLICK HERE to register.

Online: Streamed live to

the official FDR Library

YouTube and Facebook accounts

HYDE PARK, NY -- The Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum will present a conversation and book signing with Anthony P. Musso, author of MADAMS, MOBSTERS AND MURDERS IN THE HUDSON VALLEY, at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, October 26, 2023. The event will be held in the Henry A. Wallace Center at the FDR Presidential Library and Home and streamed live to the official FDR Presidential Library YouTube and Facebook accounts. This is a free public event, but registration is required to attend in-person. CLICK HERE to register.

Synopsis:

The tranquil environment of New York’s Hudson Valley is the site of both peaceful rural communities and single-family housing developments. Tourists visit the area’s historic Gilded Age mansions, elaborate gardens, Revolutionary War battlefields, and many other points of interest. Yet some of this heritage includes more harrowing tales.

Like New York City, some sixty to one hundred miles to its south, crimes such as murder, kidnapping, and mob control over various rackets plagued the area. Police raids on the country homes of mobsters Dutch Schultz and Legs Diamond and illegal distilleries occurred frequently. And when mobster crackdowns didn’t fill the headlines of daily newspapers, corrupt politicians, police chiefs and government officials did. The crooked activities that appear in this book are the true stories reported in various Hudson Valley and New York City newspapers and in the archives of local historic organizations.

MADAMS, MOBSTERS AND MURDERS is a true reflection of the darker side of life in a region otherwise known for its beauty, peacefulness and quiet way of life.

Anthony Musso is the author of ten books, including FDR AND THE POST OFFICE: A YOUNG BOY'S FASCINATION: A WORLD LEADER'S PASSION and MOTHBALL FLEET ON THE HUDSON: THE POST-WORLD WAR II NATIONAL DEFENSE RESERVE. He had a thirty-eight-year career as a writer, editor, and media spokesperson for the United States government; and has been a weekly columnist and freelance journalist for Gannett Newspapers' Poughkeepsie Journal since 1998.

Please contact Cliff Laube at (845) 486-7745 with questions about the event.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Presidential Library and Museum

Designed by Franklin Roosevelt and dedicated on June 30, 1941, the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum is the nation's first presidential library and the only one used by a sitting president. Administered by the National Archives and Records Administration since 1941, the Library preserves and makes accessible to the American people the records of FDR's presidency. The Roosevelt Library's mission is to foster a deeper understanding of the lives and times of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt and their continuing impact on contemporary life. This work is carried out through the Library's archives and research room, museum collections and exhibitions, innovative educational programs, and engaging public programming. For more information about the Library or its programs call (800) 337-8474 or visit fdrlibrary.org.