{"product_id":"island-of-vice-theodore-roosevelts-quest-to-clean-up-sin-loving-new-york-paperback","title":"Island of Vice: Theodore Roosevelt's Quest to Clean Up Sin-Loving New York - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRichard Zacks\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the 1890s, young cocksure Theodore Roosevelt, years before the White House, was appointed police commissioner of corrupt, pleasure-loving New York, then teeming with 40,000 prostitutes, illegal casinos and all-night dance halls. The Harvard-educated Roosevelt, with a reformer's zeal, tried to wipe out the city's vice and corruption. He went head-to-head with Tammany Hall, took midnight rambles looking for derelict cops, banned barroom drinking on Sundays and tried to convince 2 million New Yorkers to enjoy wholesome family fun. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe city rebelled big time; cartoonists lampooned him on the front page; his own political party abandoned him but Roosevelt never backed down. \u003ci\u003eIsland of Vice\u003c\/i\u003e delivers a rollicking narrative history of Roosevelt's embattled tenure, pitting the seedy against the saintly, and the city against its would-be savior.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRichard Zacks\u003c\/b\u003e got his book-writing start specializing in lewd and offbeat history. His \u003ci\u003eAn Underground Education\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHistory Laid Bare\u003c\/i\u003e are classics of their kind. More recently, he is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Pirate Hunter: The True Story of Captain Kidd\u003c\/i\u003e, chosen by \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e in 2002 as one of the five best nonfiction books of the year; and \u003ci\u003eThe Pirate Coast\u003c\/i\u003e (2005). His writing has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAtlantic Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLife\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHarper's\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSports Illustrated\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVillage Voice\u003c\/i\u003e, and other publications. He writes in a small office overlooking Union Square in New York City. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 464\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 7.9 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 04, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51758968275232,"sku":"9780767926195","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/bafde70dd199e881b9a9123d11de5a57.webp?v=1780140180","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/island-of-vice-theodore-roosevelts-quest-to-clean-up-sin-loving-new-york-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}