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
Nonfiction
viii, 431 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
9780385519724, 0385519729
742234387
1. Parkhurst And The Sin Tour
2. The Sting
3. The Reward
4. Police On The Grill
5. Enter Crusader Roosevelt
6. Slaying The Dragons
7. Midnight Rambles
8. Thirsty City
9. Elliott
10. Long Hot Thirsty Summer
11. The Election
12. Crack Up ... Crack Down
13. Christmas: Armed And Dangerous
14. I Am Right
15. Devery On Trial
16. Surprises
17. Duel
18. Back In Blue
19. Parker Trial
20. Restless Summer
21. Campaigning For Mckinley And Himself
22. Belly Dancers And Snow Balls
23. Where's The Exit?