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'''Mel Tappan''' (1933 - 1980), full name of '''Melrose H. Tappan III''', was one of the founders of the preparedness movement.<ref>http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=950&dat=19810331&id=ixsMAAAAIBAJ&sjid=61kDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6691,4779572 Accessed December 27, 2014</ref> He was the editor of the newsletter ''Personal Survival ("P.S.") Letter''. He was also author of the [[Survival]] books ''[[Survival Guns]]'' and ''[[Tappan on Survival]]''. | '''Mel Tappan''' (1933 - 1980), full name of '''Melrose H. Tappan III''', was one of the founders of the preparedness movement.<ref>http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=950&dat=19810331&id=ixsMAAAAIBAJ&sjid=61kDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6691,4779572 Accessed December 27, 2014</ref> He was the editor of the newsletter ''Personal Survival ("P.S.") Letter''. He was also author of the [[Survival]] books ''[[Survival Guns]]'' and ''[[Tappan on Survival]]''. | ||
| − | A graduate of [[Stanford University]], Mr. Tappan was one of the earliest [[survivalist]]s to promote the idea of [[strategic relocation]] to a underpopulated state from a [[liberal]] state. Mr. Tappan advocated [[survivalist retreat]]s in [[population density|lightly populated]] [[rural]] regions | + | A graduate of [[Stanford University]], Mr. Tappan was one of the earliest [[survivalist]]s to promote the idea of [[strategic relocation]] to a underpopulated state from a [[liberal]] state. Mr. Tappan advocated [[survivalist retreat]]s in [[population density|lightly populated]] [[rural]] regions.<ref>[http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/532445.html Mitchell, Dancing at Armageddon, excerpt Accessed December 27, 2014</ref> |
| − | ==Books | + | ==Books= |
* ''Survival Guns'' Paperback: 480 pages, Paladin Press (November 1, 2009) ISBN 978-1581607192 | * ''Survival Guns'' Paperback: 480 pages, Paladin Press (November 1, 2009) ISBN 978-1581607192 | ||
* ''Tappan on Survival'' Paperback: 218 pages, Paladin Press (July 1, 2006) ISBN 978-1581605099 | * ''Tappan on Survival'' Paperback: 218 pages, Paladin Press (July 1, 2006) ISBN 978-1581605099 | ||
Revision as of 17:01, April 21, 2016
Mel Tappan (1933 - 1980), full name of Melrose H. Tappan III, was one of the founders of the preparedness movement.[1] He was the editor of the newsletter Personal Survival ("P.S.") Letter. He was also author of the Survival books Survival Guns and Tappan on Survival.
A graduate of Stanford University, Mr. Tappan was one of the earliest survivalists to promote the idea of strategic relocation to a underpopulated state from a liberal state. Mr. Tappan advocated survivalist retreats in lightly populated rural regions.[2]
=Books
- Survival Guns Paperback: 480 pages, Paladin Press (November 1, 2009) ISBN 978-1581607192
- Tappan on Survival Paperback: 218 pages, Paladin Press (July 1, 2006) ISBN 978-1581605099
Continuing Influence on Modern Survivalism
Mr. Tappan's works see influence survivalists more than three decades after his untimely passing. In 2009 Tappan on Survival was re-published as a new edition with a foreword written by Bruce D. Clayton. As of December 2014 it ranks in Amazon's top 90,000 books (out of more than 5 million titles.) The seminal work Survival Guns is also back into print. Mr. Tappan's books are published by Paladin Press.
See also
References
- ↑ http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=950&dat=19810331&id=ixsMAAAAIBAJ&sjid=61kDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6691,4779572 Accessed December 27, 2014
- ↑ [http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/532445.html Mitchell, Dancing at Armageddon, excerpt Accessed December 27, 2014
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