02782cam a2200445 i 4500 1262014184 TxAuBib 170327s2017||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2017009744 9780735219861 hardcover 0735219869 hardcover (OCoLC)979562112 TxAuBib rda McKibben, Bill, author. Radio Free Vermont : A Fable of Resistance / Bill McKibben. New York : Blue Rider Press, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2017] ©2017. 224 pages ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier ""A book that's also the beginning of a movement, Bill McKibben's debut novel Radio Free Vermont follows a band of Vermont patriots who decide that their state might be better off as its own republic. As the host of Radio Free Vermont--""underground, underpowered, and underfoot""--seventy-two-year-old Vern Barclay is currently broadcasting from an ""undisclosed and double-secret location."" With the help of a young computer prodigy named Perry Alterson, Vern uses his radio show to advocate for a simple yet radical idea: an independent Vermont, one where the state secedes from the United States and operates under a free local economy. But for now, he and his radio show must remain untraceable, because in addition to being a lifelong Vermonter and concerned citizen, Vern Barclay is also a fugitive from the law. In Radio Free Vermont, Bill McKibben entertains and expands upon an idea that's become more popular than ever--seceding from the United States. Along with Vern and Perry, McKibben imagines an eccentric group of activists who carry out their own version of guerilla warfare, which includes dismissing local middle school children early in honor of 'Ethan Allen Day' and hijacking a Coors Light truck and replacing the stock with local brew. Witty, biting, and terrifyingly timely, Radio Free Vermont is Bill McKibben's fictional response to the burgeoning resistance movement""-- Provided by publisher. Text in English. Counterculture Fiction. Counterculture. Government, Resistance to Fiction. Government, Resistance to. Secession Vermont Fiction. Secession. FICTION / Humorous. FICTION / Humorous / General. FICTION / Literary. FICTION / Political. Fiction. Vermont Fiction. Vermont. Humorous fiction. Political fiction. Satire.