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A Libertarian Walks into a Bear: The Utopian Plot to Liberate an American Town (And Some Bears)
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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.
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"Good-natured account of a New Hampshire town where living free and the possibility of dying go hand in hand."
"Journalist Hongoltz-Hetling chronicles the libertarian takeover of Grafton, N.H., in his witty and precisely observed debut ..."
"The book is less forthcoming when it comes to suggesting fixes."
"Combining wry description with evocative bits of scientific fact, Hongoltz-Hetling's portrayal of the bears moves from comical if foreboding to downright terrifying."
"Hongoltz-Hetling is a master of the turn of phrase."
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