{"product_id":"without-reservation-how-a-controversial-indian-tribe-rose-to-power-and-built-the-worlds-largest-casino-isbn-9780060931964","title":"Without Reservation: How a Controversial Indian Tribe Rose to Power and Built the World's Largest Casino","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"The book seems at times like a legal thriller, a psychological drama, a morality tale, and a scandal sheet.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e -- Richard Tambling, Hartford Journal Inquirer\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJeff Benedict, the author of \u003cem\u003eNo Bone Unturned\u003c\/em\u003e, tracks the transformation of the Mashantucket Pequots from a population of one on 214 miserable acres in the early 1970s to today’s largest landowner in Connecticut. Led by a former laborer, Tribal Chairman Richard \"Skip\" Hayward, the Pequots have become the wealthiest, most politically influential Indian tribe in the United States. In \u003cem\u003eWithout Reservation\u003c\/em\u003e, Benedict exposes startling revelations about the tribe and their casino, Foxwoods.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003eWith compelling detail, \u003cem\u003eWithout Reservation\u003c\/em\u003e tells the stunning story of the rise of the richest Indian tribe in history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1973, an old American Indian woman dies with nothing left of her tribe but a 214-acre tract of abandoned forest. It seems to be the end of the Mashantucket Pequot tribe. But it is just the beginning. Over the next three decades, the reservation grows to nearly 2,000 acres, home to more than 600 people claiming to be tribal members.  It has also become home to Foxwoods, the largest casino in the world, grossing more than $1 billion a year.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWithout Reservation\u003c\/em\u003e reveals the mysterious roots of today's Pequot tribe, the racial tension that divides its members, and the Machiavellian internal power struggle over who will control the tribe's funds. Author Jeff Benedict brings to us the deal makers, the courtroom machinations, the trusts and betrayals.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow, with remarkable new information, the paperback brings us up-to-date on these revelations, which lead to state and federal investigations and calls for congressional hearings.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“Benedict argues that Foxwoods is the product of clever lawyering, abetted by asleep-at-the-switch politicians. It’s owners, the Mashantucket Pequotes, are not Pequot Indians—in fact, probably not Indians at all.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Examiner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44887422697701,"sku":"NP9780060931964","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780060931964.jpg?v=1730226088","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/without-reservation-how-a-controversial-indian-tribe-rose-to-power-and-built-the-worlds-largest-casino-isbn-9780060931964","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}