<div> <div>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.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><i>Highway A1A:&nbsp;Florida at the Edge</i> is more than an insightful guide to the cities and towns along Florida&rsquo;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&rsquo;s original year-round residential downtowns with the power to transform how Floridians live and how the world vacations in the Sunshine State. <i>Highway A1A </i>is anecdotal, authoritative, humorous, and wide-ranging. Passionately Floridian travel writer and tourism analyst Herbert Hiller offers a fuller and more balanced story about Florida&rsquo;s Atlantic coast than any other guidebook.</div> <div>Exploring towns from Callahan to Key West, Hiller covers Florida&rsquo;s 13 Atlantic counties, providing maps, historical and present-day photographs, and recommendations for places to visit, lodge, eat, and shop that are truly local in character. Whether you&rsquo;re a tourist or a roving Floridian looking for some diversion not far from home, <i>Highway A1A</i> will put you in touch with what makes the Atlantic coast special--its dynamic sites and sights. </div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> </div>