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Claire Wolfe is a survivalist-libertarian author and columnist. Some of her favored topics are gulching or homesteading, firearms, open source technology, and homeschooling.

Her books include such titles as 179 Things to Do 'Til the Revolution and I Am Not a Number!. She also writes for a number of magazines, notably Backwoods Home Magazine and SWAT. A common subject in these articles is the fictional town of Hardyville, a rural libertarian enclave populated by stereotypical characters (Dora-the-Yalie, Bob-the-Nerd, Carty-the-Marine, etc.).

She wrote her first book, 101 Things to Do 'Til the Revolution, as the result of her disillusionment with the voting record of Republican Linda Smith of Washington, whom she had helped to get elected to Congress in 1994. The book advocated a radical libertarian stance, opposed both major political parties, and encouraged self-sufficiency and individual actions to minimize the influence of government in ones own life, as well as ideas, for monkeywrenching. It was published by Loompanics Unlimited and became an underground best-seller.

Wolfe wrote a column for WorldNetDaily in the late 1990s. She then announced her retirement from writing, but more recently has returned to writing and blogging. The Freedom Outlaw's Handbook (2004) is a compilation of ideas from her first two books, both of which are now out of print.

Wolfe opposes the REAL ID Act. She has argued that the act creates a de facto national ID, a topic which she had previously referred to as a "line in the sand".

In September 2006, Wolfe admitted to self-censorship of her blog by omitting any reference to her use of cannabis. [1] Wolfe said, "I enjoy smoking cannabis. Even more specifically, I get my best creative ideas while enjoying that holy herb. I also enjoy the company of cannabis smokers, who are among some of the finest human beings I know. [...] I agreed to censor the blog both because I didn't want to put [a now former] client at risk and didn't want to lose his payments. But it always rankled with me. I felt I wasn't being true to myself."

• America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system, but too early to shoot the bastards.
  • 101 Things to Do 'Til the Revolution (1996)
• I admit that, somewhere between passage of the Real ID act and the brutal bureaucratic botch after Hurricane Katrina, I was slapped into the conclusion that this is the time to shoot the bastards.
  • Blog entry (September 21, 2005)[2]

• Rebelfire: Out of the Gray Zone (2005) coauthored with Aaron Zelman (ISBN 0-9642304-8-8)
• The Freedom Outlaw's Handbook: 179 Things to Do 'Til the Revolution (2004) (ISBN 1-55950-241-X)
• I Am Not a Number!: Freeing America from the Id State (2003) (ISBN 1-55950-232-0)
• Think Free to Live Free: A Political Burnout's Guide to Life, Activism and Everything (2001) (ISBN 1-893626-45-8)
• The State vs. The People: The Rise of the American Police State (2001) (ISBN 0-9642304-7-X)
• Don't Shoot the Bastards (Yet): 101 More Ways to Salvage Freedom (1999) (ISBN 1-55950-189-8)
• 179 Things to Do 'Til the Revolution: Ideas and Resources for Self-Liberation, Monkey Wrenching and Preparedness (2004) (ISBN 1-893626-13-X)

• Claire Wolfe.com - Includes a blog and forum
• Paladin Press - Current publisher of Wolfe's books
• The Claire Files - Forum for people who enjoy Claire's books.
• Backwoods Home Magazine website - Publishes weekly column by Wolfe plus other Wolfe articles.