| Description |
267 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm |
| Note |
Originally published: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2001. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-252) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: The call from the president -- I. Beginnings -- The Pequots meet the English -- The rise and fall of Mashantucket -- II. Battling the odds -- Tom Terrific -- Bingo Billie -- A tribe wins at poker -- III. Jackpot! -- "Dances with wolves" -- The land bridge to Asia -- The bells begin ringing -- IV. Cashing in -- Grand plans and growing pains -- Turnabout is unfair play -- The battle of Old Blue Eyes -- The Pequots lose a bet -- Hail to the chief. |
| Summary |
"In the mid-1970s, the Mashantucket Pequot tribe had only one member - an elderly woman who pleaded with her grandson to come live on the impoverished reservation and save it from falling into government hands upon her death. In Revenge of the Pequots, journalist Kim Isaac Eisler tells the remarkable story of how Richard "Skip" Hayward, then an unemployed ship-worker, granted his grandmother's dying wish, revived the moribund clan, and transformed the Pequots into the richest and most influential band of Native Americans in history." "Established in 1992, Foxwoods Resort and Casino is the world's most profitable gambling establishment, grossing over $1 billion a year at its sprawling complex in the backwoods of Ledyard, Connecticut. Making use of arcane laws and court decisions never intended to benefit Native Americans as they have, Hayward brilliantly laid the groundwork for this staggering economic empire. In a story rife with drama, he challenged a succession of Connecticut governors and such worthy adversaries as casino moguls Steve Wynn and Donald Trump, while forming alliances with Malaysian industrialist Lim Goh Tong, renegade Seminole chief James Billie, and President Bill Clinton. As a result of Hayward's strategizing, for one of the few times in history - and in a truly ironic reversal - the bizarre legal structure governing Native Americans actually worked to their advantage in a mainstream enterprise. But the Pequots' meteoric rise to fortune has left many wondering: Is this turnabout fair play?"--BOOK JACKET. |
| Provenance |
Gift of Dr. Brooke B. Hunter |
| Subject |
Pequot Indians -- Gambling.
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Pequot Indians -- Gambling. |
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Pequot Indians. |
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Pequot Indians -- History.
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History. |
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Pequot Indians -- Government relations.
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Mashantucket Pequot Indian Tribe.
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Mashantucket Pequot Indian Tribe. |
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Gambling on Indian reservations -- Connecticut -- Ledyard.
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Gambling on Indian reservations. |
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Connecticut -- Ledyard. |
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Casinos -- Government policy -- Connecticut -- Ledyard.
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Casinos -- Government policy. |
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Casinos. |
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Ledyard (Conn.) -- Economic conditions.
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Ledyard (Conn.) -- Social conditions.
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Economic history. |
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Social conditions. |
| Genre/Form |
History.
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| ISBN |
0803267452 (paper ; alkaline paper) |
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9780803267459 (paper ; alkaline paper) |
| Sudoc No. |
U5001 T891 -2002 |
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