| Edition |
First trade paperback edition. |
| Description |
286 pages ; 21 cm |
| Note |
"Includes a new afterword with even more bears."--From front cover. |
| 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. [This book] is both a screwball comedy and the story of a radically American commitment to freedom. Full of colorful characters, crackling humor, and one large social experiment, it is a quintessentially American story, a bearing of our national soul."--From back cover. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Subject |
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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Decentralization in government. (OCoLC)fst00888948
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Human-bear encounters. (OCoLC)fst01764025
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Libertarianism. (OCoLC)fst00997235
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Politics and government. (OCoLC)fst01919741
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New Hampshire -- Grafton.
(OCoLC)fst01267792
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| ISBN |
1541788494 |
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9781541788497 |
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