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

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Quando il giovane Theodore Roosevelt fu nominato commissario di polizia di New York City, ebbe la sorprendente voglia di cercare di chiudere i bordelli, le giunture di gioco e i saloon after-hours. Questa è la storia di come TR ha assunto il vizio di Manhattan... e vizio ha vinto.

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