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Without Reservation: How a Controversial Indian Tribe Rose to Power and Built the World's Largest Casino | |||||||||||
  enlarge | Author: Jeff Benedict Publisher: Perennial Books by Harper Books Category: Book List Price: Buy New: $3.25 You Save: $11.70 (78%) New (31) Used (38) from $1.65 Rating:  17 reviewsSales Rank: 66253 Media: Paperback Edition: 1st Pages: 416 Number Of Items: 1 Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7 Dimensions (in): 8.2 x 5.4 x 1 ISBN: 0060931965 Dewey Decimal Number: 338.4779509746 EAN: 9780060931964 ASIN: 0060931965 Publication Date: July 1, 2001 Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days | ||||||||||
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| Editorial Reviews: Product Description With compelling detail, Without Reservation tells the stunning story of the rise of the richest Indian tribe in history. In 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. Without Reservation 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. Now, 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. | |||||||||||
| Customer Reviews: Read 12 more reviews... A Positive Example For The Future Of Native Americans December 20, 2008 Alex Hutchinson (Carver, MA) I remember the first time I rounded the curvy road through the hills and there before me shined the regal blue lights of the Foxwoods hotel. Spending a little time at the slots, riding the motion movie ride and attending a couple boxing shows topped off my experience and made me a believer in the idea of casinos. Without Reservation gives the story of Foxwoods from the ground up. It starts with the very personal tale of the son of a local Pequot who lived on the land and follows his journey through the court system, meeting up with venture capitalists and battling old vacant laws. Foxwoods is built before the reader from an empty valley into an enormous money making castle. Jeff Benedict's jounalistic zeal has provided a positive example for the future of Native Americans across the country who want to find a way to better their legacies through capitalism.  One of the best ever in nonfiction July 23, 2006Elizabeth Asaro (Cross River, New York United States) 0 out of 1 found this review helpful This is one of the best nonfiction historical books I have ever read. Jeff Benedict is able to convey to the reader the most important details regarding the birth of Foxwoods in a manner which holds the reader's attention as if you were reading a murder mystery. The role of the federal government in creating this multibillion dollar industry is clearly spelled out and incredibly well documented. Kudos to Jeff Benedict for his outstanding research and thorough investigation of the Pequots. At what costs? April 18, 2006Walks Alone (Boulder, Colorado) 3 out of 4 found this review helpful I read this book on the suggestion of a friend. It definately is a pager turner and I couldn't put it down until I finished. As an enrolled member of a 'casino' tribe I see why such a book would be written about a tribe rising to power through gaming. Afterall, Indians are not entitled to this type of wealth. We're supposed to reside on our little enclaves of land and be alcoholics and live close to nature and I ask why can't Indians have wealth? We didn't make the laws and neither did the Pequots. The Pequots just used the laws to their advantage and made it big. Why shouldn't the Pequots be entitled to justices of the land? However, I can see the otherside of the fence as well. At what costs did this wealth and power come to a tribe that is suspicious of being a true Indian tribe? I'm not naive. It was all done for good purposes in the beginning, but once instant wealth came their way, all sense of what makes a tribe a tribe was lost to the bigger financial picture. The first thing that is cut when an audit happens is to cut the museum budget. The one thing that can disproove the skepticism of them being a real tribe is cut so that members can keep their pockets lined. No sense of community is in the hearts of this tribe because they'd be looking out for the welfare of the future generations. But when reading this book, if you choose to, is to attempt to put all biases aside and see what this book (and the others written on the same topic) show...that this book does an incredible job of describing the legal and political forces in opposition to each other that led to the creation, and then to the interpretation and application of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act. No other book has done a better job of illustrating the distinction between federal Indian law on the books and federal Indian law in practice than this one. It's a fascinating blueprint for how Indian tribes can leverage law, policy, and politics--if they are shrewd--to achieve an almost unimagineable degree of contemporary political and material power. The brilliance of the Pequots is that they figured out how to use white law and institutions to their particular advantage, and this book describes just how they did it. It is fascinating!! But also to Indian tribes reading this book, let this be a lesson in what NOT to do when instant wealth comes one's way.  Bad populist writing November 11, 2005missceline 0 out of 8 found this review helpful Yeah ..this is unfortunate that book sells so well with such a writing!! And the topic.. and so-called investigation>>> Please.. the author would not even filed his interviews! This is no investigation to me... this is populism.. that is all!!!! I am not American , and not native american, so I guess I am neutral! Do NOT Give this author any more money.. rather read real academic research about native casinos: such AS "INDIAN gAMING : WHO WINS" edited by Mullis and Kamper or the Eadington book about Indian Gaming and the Law!!  A Tendentious Book February 24, 20048 out of 13 found this review helpful Evidently the Pequots didn't speak with this guy. I can see why. The book is really tendentious. I'd suggest instead "Hitting The Jackpot" by a former Washington Post reporter. I heard about it in the local newspaper and it's very good. Much more informed and balanced and powerful. Whichever book you like, get educated on this! | |||||||||||
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