{"product_id":"a-libertarian-walks-into-a-bear-the-utopian-plot-to-liberate-an-american-town-and-some-bears-9781541788497","title":"A Libertarian Walks Into a Bear: The Utopian Plot to Liberate an American Town (And Some Bears)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eThe Free Town Project was a plan by a group of libertarians to take over an American town and eliminate its government. In 2004, Grafton, NH, turned this plan into reality, resulting in public funding for everything shrinking and state and federal laws getting quieter. However, the citizens ignored hunting laws and regulations on food disposal, leading to conflict with the local bear population. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 304 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 30 September 2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: PublicAffairs,U.S.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOnce 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePublic 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Libertarian Walks Into a Bear\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight\u003c\/strong\u003e: 264g\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 139 x 210 x 24 (mm)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9781541788497\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":44099323887866,"sku":"9781541788497","price":12.13,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/products\/1646126095982_book.jpg?v=1646831503","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/a-libertarian-walks-into-a-bear-the-utopian-plot-to-liberate-an-american-town-and-some-bears-9781541788497","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}