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A Libertarian Walks Into a Bear: The Utopian Plot to Liberate an American Town (and Some Bears)

Publisher: PublicAffairs

Contributors:

Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling (Author)

Contributors: Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling (Author)

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BISAC categories: Political Science -> Political Ideologies -> Libertarianism

BISAC categories: Political Science -> American Government -> Local

BISAC categories: History -> United States -> State & Local

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"Simultaneously hilarious, poignant, and deeply unsettling." ―The New Republic

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 caught the attention of Grafton's neighbors: the bears. Freedom-loving citizens ignored hunting laws and regulations on food disposal. They built a tent city in an effort to get off the grid. The bears smelled food and opportunity.

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.
ISBN-10: 1541788494
ISBN-13: 9781541788497
Author: Hongoltz-Hetling, Matthew, N/A, N/A
Publisher: PublicAffairs

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ISBN-13: 9781541788497

ISBN-10: 1541788494

Publisher: PublicAffairs

Publish Date: September 14, 2021

On Sale Date: September 14, 2021

Language: English

Pages: 304

Dimensions: 8.1 × 5.4 × 0.9 in

Weight: 0.6 lbs

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