A Libertarian Walks Into a Bear :The Utopian Plot to Liberate an American Town (And Some Bears)
A Libertarian Walks Into a Bear :The Utopian Plot to Liberate an American Town (And Some Bears)
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30 September, 2021
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Description
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, Grafton, NH, a barely populated settlement with one paved road, turned that plan into reality.
Public funding for pretty much everything shrank: the fire department, the library, the schoolhouse. State and federal laws didn't disappear, but they got quieter: meek suggestions barely heard in the town's thick wilderness.
The bears, on the other hand, were increasingly visible. Grafton's 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 with a large and growing local bear population, conflict became inevitable.
A Libertarian Walks Into a Bear is both a screwball comedy and the story of a radically American commitment to freedom. Full of colorful characters, puns and jokes, and one large social experiment, it is a quintessentially American story, a bearing of our national soul.
More Details
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9781541788497 |
| ISBN10 | 1541788494 |
| Number Of Pages | 304 |
| Item Weight | 282 g |
| Product Dimensions | 136 x 208 x 22 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | PublicAffairs,U.S. |
| Format | paperback |
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Author's Bio
Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling is a freelance journalist specializing in narrative features and investigative reporting. He has been named a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, won a George Polk Award, and been voted Journalist of the Year by the Maine Press association, among numerous other honors. His work has appeared in Foreign Policy, USA Today, Popular Science, Atavist Magazine, Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, the Associated Press, and elsewhere. He lives in Vermont.