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The Last Resort A Chronicle of Paradise, Profit, and Peril at the Beach

Sarah Stodola

A captivating exploration of beach resort culture—from its roots in fashionable society to its undervalued role in today’s world economy—as the travel industry approaches a climate reckoning With its promise of escape from the strains of everyday life, the beach

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The book is a memoir of Zimbabwe, written by Douglas Rogers who grew up on his parents' farm near the Mozambique border. It was said that the author's perspective highlights the overlooked story of the time, which is the destruction of the black farm workers' lives.

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Douglas Rogers, author of The Last Resort, a memoir of Zimbabwe, grew up on his parents' farm near the Mozambique border.

— Episode: Robert Mugabe Part 3: Zimbabwe’s Tsunami

Episode: Robert Mugabe Part 3: Zimbabwe’s Tsunami

The book is a memoir of Zimbabwe, written by Douglas Rogers who grew up on his parents' farm near the Mozambique border. It was said that the author's perspective highlights the overlooked story of the time, which is the destruction of the black farm workers' lives.

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Douglas Rogers, author of The Last Resort, a memoir of Zimbabwe, grew up on his parents' farm near the Mozambique border.

So in taking out white farmers, he was doing two things. He was targeting a white minority, but he was also destroying black farm workers in that community.

And that was, to me, that's the overlooked story of that time.

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