Two hundred fifty years or so (mostly so) after the city of New York (née New Amsterdam), New York took root on Manhattan Island a descendant of one of the early (and now very wealthy) Dutch families, one Theodore Roosevelt, set out to clean it up—a losing battle to be sure, but what a story.
So, after The Island at the Center of the World, we've decided to stay with the New York for one more book, Island of Vice (Richard Zacks). And since we've read part of the story in other places and Zacks is said to be quite an engaging writer, we're confident enough in this book to add it to the reading list now.
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