Highway A1A: Florida at the Edge

The story of Highway A1A—running north to south along 500 miles of famous Florida coastline—and its crucial role in the historic settlement and the future of a state adapting to 21st century demands.

Highway A1A: Florida at the Edge is more than an insightful guide to the cities and towns along Florida’s Atlantic coast. It is also the dramatic story of how tourism begat development, how development begat sprawl, and how this coastal corridor, almost out of the blue, created Florida’s origi...