down angry lieutenant colonels, who raged at his pacifistic refusal to fight for the flag, and explaining his theory of human rights so patiently, so guilelessly, that in the end the crusty colonel had to admit that LeFevre was right to stand his ground." According to Robert Smith, LeFevre became convinced of the power of non-violent resistance after a run-in with a union. "I remember him telling the story," says Smith, "of union goons busting into a radio station he worked at. And he just fell flat on the ground and lay there. They were so nonplussed they walked out without beating the shit out of him. That convinced him of the principles of nonviolence." In popular culture Some such as Brian Doherty claim that LeFevre's movement was a basis for Robert A. Heinlein's book The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress and that LeFevre was the basis for the character Professor Bernardo de la Paz, organizer of the Lunar revolution. In the alternate history novel The Probability Broach by L. Neil Smith as part of the North American Confederacy Series in which the United States becomes a libertarian state in 1794 after a successful Whiskey Rebellion and the overthrowing and execution of George Washington by firing squad for treason, LeFevre served as the 23rd President of the North American Confederacy from 1960 to 1968. Bibliography Anarchy (1959) The Nature of Man and His Government (Caxton Printing, 1959) This Bread is Mine (American Liberty Press, 1960) Constitutional Government in the Soviet Union (Exposition Press, 1962; Pine Tree Press, 1966) Limited Government – Hope or Illusion? (Pine Tree Press, 1963) Role of Private Property in a Free Society (Pine Tree Press, 1963) Anarchy v. Autoarchy (Pine Tree Press, 1965) Money (Pine Tree Press, 1965) The Philosophy of Ownership (Pine Tree Press, 1966, 1985; Ludwig von Mises Institute, 2007) Justice (Rampart College, 1972) Lift Her Up Tenderly (Pine Tree Press, 1976) Does Government Protection Protect? (Society for Libertarian Life ed, Rampart Press, 1978) Good Government: Hope or Illusion?(Society for Libertarian Life ed, Rampart Press, 1978) The Libertarian (Bramble Minibooks, 1978?) Protection (Rampart College, n.d.) The Fundamentals of Liberty (Rampart Institute, 1988) (posthumously) A Way to Be Free (Pulpless, 1999) (posthumously) (autobiography) Vol 1 , Vol 2 Notes Further reading External links LeFevre's essay, "Who Was the Original Aunt Jemima and What Did She Do?" LeFevre's essay, "Autarchy" LeFevre's essay, "The Nature of Man