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

Zacks, Richard. (Author). Ochman, Joe. (Added Author).

Summary: When young Theodore Roosevelt was appointed police commissioner of New York City, he had the astounding gall to try to shut down the brothels, gambling joints, and after-hours saloons. This is the story of how TR took on Manhattan vice . . . and vice won. In the 1890s, New York City was America's financial, manufacturing, and entertainment capital, and also its preferred destination for sin, teeming with forty thousand prostitutes, glittery casinos, and all-night dives...

Record details

ISBN: 9780307876898 (electronic audio bk.)
ISBN: 0307876896 (electronic audio bk.)
Physical Description: electronic resource
remote
1 sound file (14 hrs., 24 min., 4 sec.) : digital.
Edition: Library ed.
Publisher: New York : Books on Tape, 2012.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Unabridged.
Participant or Performer Note:	Read by Joe Ochman.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: World Wide Web. Requires OverDrive Media Console (WMA file size: 221324 KB).
Source of Description Note:	Description based on hard copy version record.