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The Bearmuda Triangle

A Libertarian Walks Into a Bear: The Utopian Plot to Liberate an American Town (And Some Bears) by Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling

November 20, 2020 by andtheIToldYouSos 2 Comments

Something this dire – a town of people so opposed to paying taxes that they become a country-wide hotspot for bear attacks – should not be this funny. Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling carefully walks the line between Bill Bryson and a VICE documentarian while spinning this wild story of a Free Town and the beasts- man and animal alike, within. This collection of people, carefully and deliberately documented by Hongoltz-Hetling, shoot themselves in the foot so many times and with such ferocity that it is amazing the […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Non-Fiction Tagged With: a libertarian walks into a bear, ARC, bears, free state project, free town project, Grafton, Libertarians, Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling, modern history, NetGalley, New Hampshire, politics, Reporting, Small town, sociology

andtheIToldYouSos's CBR12 Review No:121 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Non-Fiction · Tags: a libertarian walks into a bear, ARC, bears, free state project, free town project, Grafton, Libertarians, Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling, modern history, NetGalley, New Hampshire, politics, Reporting, Small town, sociology ·
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