Libertarian Walks into a Bear

I have been wanting to read this book for a long time after I read the excellent article by its author in an online media. Maybe I had unrealistic expectations, but I was quite disappointed by this book. The author is a local journalist from New Hampshire and you see that tone quickly in the book: rather than documenting the project itself, it is a sum of local anecdotes, some on the Fee Town project, some on bears and some on the regions. Overall, there are some interesting parts, especially reading about concrete examples of this disastrous project, but there is very little said about the creation of the project itself or on libertarian ideal. Too bad for such an interesting story

The book is a well-documented and well written document on a very unique political experience where libertarians decided to create a new libertarian utopian city (The Free Town Project). The book has a quite light tone although the reality is quite grim. The updated version of 2021 skims over the project of a libertarian state, the Free State Project.

It's really interesting to read and to compare it to other political experience, when reality meets theory, there are always interesting things happening.