Island Of Vice: Theodore Roosevelt's Doomed Quest To Clean Up Sin-Loving New York: Inscribed
by Zacks, Richard
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good+
- ISBN 10
- 0385519729
- ISBN 13
- 9780385519724
- Seller
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Synopsis
Richard Zacks got his book-writing start specializing in lewd and offbeat history. His An Underground Education and History Laid Bare are classics of their kind. More recently, he is the author of The Pirate Hunter: The True Story of Captain Kidd , chosen by Time in 2002 as one of the five best nonfiction books of the year; and The Pirate Coast (2005). His writing has appeared in The New York Times , Atlantic Monthly , Time , Life , Harper’s , Sports Illustrated , Village Voice , and other publications. He writes in a small office overlooking Union Square in New York City.
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- Bookseller
- skylarkerbooks (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 035213
- Title
- Island Of Vice: Theodore Roosevelt's Doomed Quest To Clean Up Sin-Loving New York: Inscribed
- Author
- Zacks, Richard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Edition
- 1ST
- ISBN 10
- 0385519729
- ISBN 13
- 9780385519724
- Publisher
- Doubleday
- Place of Publication
- U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 2012
- Keywords
- Ph-4
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