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“What seemed clear was this: in a town that refused to allow the government to protect it from bears, vigilantism seemed the only option. Just as the libertarians wanted, it was every man, woman, and bear for themselves.”

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

January 15, 2022 by narfna 2 Comments

Mind-boggling that this is a real place, with real people (and real bears). How does one begin to describe a book like this? I don’t know. If it wasn’t so early in the year, I might be tempted to review amnesty out of it and just point you in the direction of the many great reviews that have already been written about it, including one by our very own andtheIToldYouSos. Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling is a long form journalist who spent a lot of time in the […]

Filed Under: History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: #history, a libertarian walks into a bear, bear human conflict, bears, Libertarians, Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling, New Hampshire, non fiction, politics, the free town project

narfna's CBR14 Review No:8 · Genres: History, Non-Fiction · Tags: #history, a libertarian walks into a bear, bear human conflict, bears, Libertarians, Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling, New Hampshire, non fiction, politics, the free town project ·
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