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.
| ISBN: | 9781541788497 |
| Publication date: | 14th September 2021 |
| Author: | Matthew HongoltzHetling |
| Publisher: | PublicAffairs an imprint of Little, Brown |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 304 pages |
| Genres: |
Political science and theory Regional / International studies Regional, state and other local government Municipal / city government |
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.
A Libertarian Walks Into a Bear features in the following genres: Political science and theory, Regional / International studies, Regional, state and other local government, Municipal / city government
A Libertarian Walks Into a Bear is available in Paperback, Hardback
A Libertarian Walks Into a Bear was written by Matthew HongoltzHetling and published by PublicAffairs an imprint of Little, Brown
A Libertarian Walks Into a Bear has 304 pages
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