{"product_id":"a-libertarian-walks-into-a-bear-1","title":"A Libertarian Walks Into a Bear","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Simultaneously hilarious, poignant, and deeply unsettling.\" \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e―The New Republic\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA tiny American town's plans for radical self-government overlooked one hairy detail: no one told the bears.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e   \u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Libertarian Walks Into a Bear\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"PublicAffairs","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41518419181746,"sku":"9781541788497","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0536\/7418\/0786\/files\/O_c036b562-69ee-49cb-886c-388565725e87.jpg?v=1775189418","url":"https:\/\/shop.hachettebookgroup.com\/products\/a-libertarian-walks-into-a-bear-1","provider":"Hachette Book Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}