| Description |
viii, 274 pages ; 25 cm |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-274). |
| Summary |
"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"-- Provided by publisher. |
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Free Town Project (Grafton, N.H)
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Libertarianism -- New Hampshire -- Grafton.
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Decentralization in government -- New Hampshire -- Grafton.
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Human-bear encounters -- New Hampshire -- Grafton.
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Grafton (N.H.) -- History.
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Grafton (N.H.) -- Politics and government.
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| ISBN |
9781541788510 (hardcover) |
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