Without reservation
Subtitle: the making of America's most powerful Indian tribe and the world's largest casino
By: Jeff Benedict.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 376
Subjects: Pequot Indians -- Gambling; Gambling on Indian reservations -- Connecticut; Casinos -- Connecticut; Pequot Indians -- Government relations; Pequot Indians -- Economic conditions
Description: "In 1973, an old American Indian woman dies with nothing left of her tribe but a trailer and a two-hundred-acre reservation in the sleepy backyard of Ledyard, Connecticut. It seems to signal the end of the Mashantucket Pequot tribe. But it is just the beginning. Over the course of the next three decades, the reservation grows to more than two thousand acres and becomes home to Foxwoods, the largest casino in the world, grossing more than $1 billion per year.

The Pequots are reborn, immensely wealthy, and in possession of an enormous amount of political influence. How did it happen?" "Without Reservation tells the stunning story of the rise of the richest tribe in American history.".

"This is a story of the duality of the American dream, the good and the bad that come with enormous wealth. Author Jeff Benedict shines a light on the dreamers and the deal makers, the backroom politicking and courtroom machinations, the trusts and betrayals, and the world of high-powered attorneys, politicians, tribal leaders, and financiers who made the Pequots what they are today."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes index.

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