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.
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Doubleday,
c2012.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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