Island of vice : Theodore Roosevelt's doomed quest to clean up sin-loving New York /

Recounts the effort by newly appointed police commissioner Theodore Roosevelt to shut down late nineteenth-century New York City's brothels, gambling houses and after-hours saloons.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Zacks, Richard
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Doubleday, [2012]
Edition:	1st ed.
Subjects:	Vice control > New York (State) > New York > History > 19th century. Roosevelt, Theodore, > 1858-1919. Police administration > New York (State) > New York > History > 19th century. New York (N.Y.) > Moral conditions > History > 19th century. New York (N.Y.) > Social life and customs > 19th century.

Description
Summary:	Recounts the effort by newly appointed police commissioner Theodore Roosevelt to shut down late nineteenth-century New York City's brothels, gambling houses and after-hours saloons.
Physical Description:	viii, 431 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9780385519724 0385519729