Lepercot was born, according to Trans-Jamsterdavania Railroad records, on February 10, 1841 between milepost 325 and Castroville, Jamsterdavania to Samuel Sampson Lepercot and Martha Harcourt Lepercot. Sam Lepercot was a reporter for the New Croarke Gazette who was following the construction of the Trans-Jamsterdavania Railroad. Randolph was the first of their two children.

Sam Lepercot reported mostly murders and robberies for the Sunday edition, his wife, a former actress, also wrote limited articles of the Gazette. In many ways, Randolph’s life would be one of continuous movement. Young Randolph reached West Coast City in 1845 when the railroad was completed and was schooled there. As a child he had an extreme problem with stuttering. This problem, although latter fading as the boy aged, left Randolph with a lack of confidence when it came to public speaking and brought him extreme ridicule for other students at St. Kleberhorst’s school in West Coast City.

It was at St. Kleberhorst where he earned the nickname “Harvey,” a play on his initials “RV.” This name would stay with him until his death in 1943.

Harvey Lepercot began helping his set type for the Coastal News in 1851 and later helped his father set up the West Coast City Caller Times in 1853.

At 12 years old, Harvey was graduated from St. Kleberhorst’s school. Rather than attend a High School, Harvey became an apprentice typesetter and honed his writing skills under the guise of his father.

Harvey published his first story under his own name in 1856. The Southside Fire of 1858, however, was the Harvey’s first major story. Eastern newspapers picked up Harvey’s story and Harvey Lepercot, at 17 years old, became an established reporter. That same year, a board of inquiry was convened in West Coast City, the subject revolved around whether or not Harvey had actually written the story. The case eventually reached the Jamsterdavanian Supreme Court in the fall of 1857. Harvey was ordered to be locked in a room and complete an essay on “an item of political, economic or social import.”

Harvey completed, An Observation of the Established Journalistic Principle by R. Vinton Lepercot in three hours. The Court ruled the Harvey was indeed an author. The essay ran in every major newspaper that week, further cementing his reputation.

Over his extremely long life, Harvey Lepercot wrote many books; in fact Lepercot penned 79 books and over 1350 articles. His first book was an expansion of An Observation of the Established Journalistic Principle by R. Vinton Lepercot, which became a textbook for journalism that is still required reading in most universities.

In 1857 Jamsterdavanian Parliament evenly split on Articles of Confederation, this political debate escalated in the succeeding years into a major issue in Jamsterdavanian history. Radical Confederationists, a group of Jamsterdavanians that favored a confederation form of government to the federal union and had elected Peter Dell President in 1854, Dell worked tirelessly to accomplish his goals.

As the nation polarized around the issue of Confederations, Harvey Lepercot rushed to cover the story for his father’s newspaper. Lepercot was one of five reporters given an interview with Dell when he resigned as President and accepted Confederation Leadership in Southern Jamsterdavania.

Lepercot also reported the 1860 “walk-out” of Southern Jamsterdavanian delegates from the Parliament and covered the Jamsterdavanian Civil War as a field reporter.

After the war, Lepercot spent the remainder of the 1860’s writing a series of books called War and Politics, where he reflected on the items of warfare and the men who control the armies. In 1868, Sam Lepercot died and turned over the family paper to Harvey and Douglas Lepercot. The two men fought for control of the paper with Douglas finally wining out. Harvey cashed out his stock and began to travel.

Now a man of his 30’s, Lepercot traveled Jamsterdavania and made his way to Dannunifius. There, he was offered a post as Assistant Professor of Journalism at the Universitat Danneo. He maintained this post, despite many clashes with university and royal authorities over journalistic differences. In 1887, Lepercot opposed the Dannunifian attempt to annex Neutralia. He was subsequently expelled from the university and transferred to Danielis Donoxius University at the Celetree in Dununder.

Initially unhappy with his new surroundings, Lepercot soon became fascinated with Dununder and began a course of study and research in all things Dununderan. He completed a study of resources, culture and geography, which he compiled in a book, entitled Dununderan Sunsets: a study of the Island Continent. This book would latter be a companion to Lepercots later masterwork, Pax Oddeseana.

While at the Celetree, Harvey met, courted and married Cynthia Morgen Sturgis, the Granddaughter of Jay Paul Morgen. They had five children, Daniel, Samuel, Patricia, Roberta and Cecilia.

Pax Oddeseana has been described as the single most important literary work of the 19th century.

The book, based on observations of Jamsterdavania, Dannunifius and Dununder outlined a plan for an Oddesean world government. “The nation states of the world would,” Lepercot maintained, “will eventually exhaust their homeland resources. The living conditions of this condition will lead to domestic war and strife as in Jamsterdavania during its War of Confederation. The country that succeeds in taking Dununder will posses enough natural resources to dominate the planet and establish a Pax Oddeseana.”

Lepercots theories were put into practice in the 20th century. Lepercot never anticipated the commotion that his book caused. Jamsterdavania responded by constructing a vast plantation system in central Dununder, Deutscheslavania appeared to follow suit. Dannunifius made initial advances mostly around the Celetree and Amsterdavania fortified its Swamptree settlements. Active attempts to complete rail networks and major improvements were made to Brigger Road.

In 1898, settlers at Smalltree, Antatree and at the Plantations clashed. This incited a major international incident that became the First World Conflict. Jamsterdavania and Deutscheslavania declared war on each other for the first time since the 1600’s. Dannunifius too declared war on Deutscheslavania over renewed conflict in Neutralia. Stefanfang also declared war on Jamsterdavania as part of its attack on Riosland.

Major actions were seen in the 20th century when political movements began to develop out of Lepercot’s theories. There would be 7 additional World Conflicts in the 20th century based on some aspect of Lepercot’s book.

In 1921, Lepercot pushed for the creation of an international organization, which could act as a forum for peace negotiations throughout the world. The motion was considered, but never gained the support of Jamsterdavania and Deutscheslavania.

Lepercot penned his last book in 1938; this book featured a recollection of all the events he had written articles about through his perspective. The Way I saw it was the quintessential history book of the 19th and early 20th Century.

Late in life, Lepercot’s youngest daughter, Cecilia Lepercot Richardson became a fashion designer. Many of Cecilia’s early fashions utilized loud colors.

“Lepercot pants” are named for a pair of pants that Cecilia designed for her father in 1913. These pants were loud and in strange patterns. Harvey wore them, and pairs like them, until his death on May 5, 1943.