A libertarian walks into a bear : the utopian plot to liberate an American town (and some 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, Grafton, New Hampshire, a barely populated settlement with one paved road, turned that plan into reality. Public funding fo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Hongoltz-Hetling, Matthew (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : PublicAffairs, Hachette Book Group, [2020]
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Free Town Project (Grafton, N.H) Libertarianism > New Hampshire > Grafton. Decentralization in government > New Hampshire > Grafton. Human-bear encounters > New Hampshire > Grafton. Grafton (N.H.) > History. Grafton (N.H.) > Politics and government. HISTORY / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies)

Table of Contents:

A feline feeding
A taxing tradition
The logical libertarian
A quartet of colonists
A rousing response
The converted caretaker
The blackness of the bear
The scrappy survivalist
The animal admirers
Fanning freedom
The principled pastor
A battle with bears
Unlocking utopia
A history of heat
The pastor purplifies
The campfire clash
A deluge of doughnuts
The survivalists struggle
A bureaucracy of bears
The caretakers confined
The hidden hitchhiker
The pastor's plan
A bear's belligerence
A huddle of hunters
The assault's aftermath
A pressing of poachers
The pastor is pushed
A neighbor annoyed
The pastor's price
A propagation of prerogative
The respectable riot
An experiment ends
A denouncement of doughnuts
A jeopardous journey
The freedoms forgotten.