| A Libertarian Walks Into a Bear: The Utopian Plot to Liberate an American Town (and Some Bears) Contributor(s): Hongoltz-Hetling, Matthew (Author) |
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ISBN: 1541788494 ISBN-13: 9781541788497 Publisher: PublicAffairs OUR PRICE: $17.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2021 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Libertarianism - Political Science | American Government - Local - History | United States - State & Local - New England (ct, Ma, Me, Nh, Ri, Vt) |
| Dewey: 974.23 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.4" W x 8.1" (0.60 lbs) 304 pages |
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| Publisher Description: A tiny American town's plans for radical self-government overlooked one hairy detail: no one told the bears. Once upon a time, a group of libertarians got together and hatched the Free Town Project, a plan to take over an American town and completely eliminate its government. In 2004, they set their sights on Grafton, NH, a barely populated settlement with one paved road. When they descended on Grafton, public funding for pretty much everything shrank: the fire department, the library, the schoolhouse. State and federal laws became meek suggestions, scarcely heard in the town's thick wilderness. The anything-goes atmosphere soon spread into the neighboring woods. Freedom-loving citizens ignored hunting laws and regulations on food disposal. They built a tent city in an effort to get off the grid. And it all caught the attention of Grafton's neighbors: the bears. A Libertarian Walks Into a Bear is the sometimes funny, sometimes terrifying tale of what happens when a government disappears into the woods. Complete with gunplay, adventure, and backstabbing politicians, this is the ultimate story of a quintessential American experiment -- to live free or die, perhaps from a bear. |