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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zacks, Richard.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

National Book Committee.

Vice control--New York (State)--New York--History--19th century.

Vice control.

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919.

Roosevelt, Theodore.

Police administration--New York (State)--New York--History--19th century.

Police administration.

Moral conditions.

History.

New York (N.Y.)--Moral conditions--History--19th century.

New York (N.Y.).

New York (N.Y.)--Social life and customs--19th century.

Manners and customs.

New York (State)--New York.

Physical Description:

viii, 431 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Doubleday, [2012]

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.

Contents:

1 Parkhurst and the Sin Tour 7

2 The Sting 25

3 The Reward 40

4 Police On the Grill 50

5 Enter Crusader Roosevelt 68

6 Slaying The Dragons 83

7 Midnight Rambles 94

8 Thirsty City 108

9 Elliott 133

10 Long Hot Thirsty Summer 133

11 The Election 158

12 Crack Up... Crack Down 183

13 Christmas: Armed And Dangerours 198

14 I Am Right 210

15 Devery On Trial 231

16 Surprises 244

17 Duel 263

18 Back In Blue 275

19 Parker Trial 279

20 Restless Summer 296

21 Campaigning for McKinley and Himself 308

22 Belly Dancers and Snow Balls 318

23 Where's the Exit? 338.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780385519724

0385519729

OCLC:

742234387