{"product_id":"island-of-vice-theodore-roosevelts-quest-to-clean-up-sin-loving-new-york-9780767926195","title":"Island of Vice: Theodore Roosevelt's Quest to Clean Up Sin-Loving New York","description":"\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Anchor Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50328196481298,"sku":"9780767926195","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d026b9b2-72f5-400e-ab0b-4367e74cb2da.jpg?v=1727730449","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/island-of-vice-theodore-roosevelts-quest-to-clean-up-sin-loving-new-york-9780767926195","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}