A Libertarian Walks Into a Bear - The Utopian Plot to Liberate an American Town (And Some Bears) (Paperback)

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.

General

Imprint:	PublicAffairs,U.S.
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	September 2021
Authors:	Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling
Dimensions:	208 x 136 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	304
ISBN-13:	978-1-5417-8849-7
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political science & theory Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Area / regional studies > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Local government > General
LSN:	1-5417-8849-4
Barcode:	9781541788497

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