THE LAST RESORT: A Chronicle of Paradise, Profit, and Peril at the Beach

Dives into the psyche of the beachgoer and gets to the heart of what drives humans to seek out the sand. At the same time, Stodola grapples with the darker realities of resort culture: strangleholds on local economies, reckless construction, erosion of beaches, weighty carbon footprints, and the inevitable overdevelopment and decline of shorelines that follow. Illus.