Island of vice
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Average rating3.5
An account of the effort by newly appointed police commissioner Theodore Roosevelt to shut down late 19th-century New York City's brothels, gambling houses and after-hours saloons traces the future 26th President's failed confrontations with Tammany Hall, muckrakers and irate everyday citizens.
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Excellent history of TR's two years on the NYC Police Commission, which led to Assistant Secretary of the Navy which led to VP which led to President. Very detailed portrait of the police and crime in NYC 100 years ago. Like most books these days, it's too long.
