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==
* ''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