Island of Vice Theodore Roosevelt's Quest to Clean up Sin-Loving New York

Name: Island of Vice Theodore Roosevelt's Quest to Clean up Sin-Loving New York
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ISBN: 9780767926195

ISBN-10: 0767926196

ISBN-13: 9780767926195

Edition: N/A

Authors: Richard Zacks

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When young Theodore Roosevelt was appointed police commissioner of New York City, he had the astounding gall to try to shut down the brothels, gambling joints, and after-hours saloons. This is the story of how TR took on Manhattan vice . . . and vice won.In the 1890s, New York City was America’s financial, manufacturing, and entertainment capital, and also its preferred destination for sin, teeming with forty thousand prostitutes, glittery casinos, and all-night dives. Police captains took hefty bribes to see nothing while reformers writhed in frustration.InIsland of Vice, Richard Zacks paints a vivid portrait of the lewd underbelly of 1890s New York, and of Theodore Roosevelt, the…

Book details

List price: $19.00
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 9/4/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 464
Size: 5.25" wide x 8.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English