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'''Mel Tappan''' (1933 - 1980), full name of Melrose H. Tappan III, the "grand daddy" 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> 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]]''.  
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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>https://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]]''.  
  
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A graduate of [[Stanford University]], Mr. Tappan was one of the earliest [[survivalist]]s to promote the idea of [[Vote with your feet]] [[strategic relocation]] to a "[[Essay:Free_States_Movement|free state]]s" from a [[liberal]] "death spiral" [[Nanny state]]-[[Police state]] (See [[Blue state]] - [[Essay:Free_States_Movement#Naughty_State_List|unfree state]]s). Like [[James Wesley Rawles]] and [[Joel Skousen]], Mr. Tappan advocated [[survivalist retreat]]s in [[population density|lightly populated]] [[rural]] regions in .<ref>[http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/532445.html Mitchell, Dancing at Armageddon, excerpt Accessed December 27, 2014</ref>
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A graduate of [[Stanford University]], Mr. Tappan was one of the earliest [[survivalist]]s to promote the idea of [[strategic relocation]] to an 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>
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<ref>160 word [[James Wesley Rawles#Quotes_from_Other_Online_Sources|Fair Use]] [[quotation]] from 848 pages of [[firearm]]s and [[Second Amendment]] details: [[Boston T. Party]] ([[Kenneth Royce]]), ''[[Boston's Gun Bible]]'', [[Wyoming]], [[American Redoubt]] [[Javelin Press]], 2002, 2009: p. 10/1. ISBN-13: 978-1888766066, http://javelinpress.com/bostons_gun_bible.html, https://www.amazon.com/Bostons-Gun-Bible-Boston-Party/dp/1888766069</ref>
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==Books==
 
==Books==
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* ''[[Survival Guns]]'' - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1581607199
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* ''Survival Guns'' Paperback: 480 pages, Paladin Press (November 1, 2009) ISBN 978-1581607192
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* ''[[Tappan on Survival]]'' - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1581605099
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* ''Tappan on Survival'' Paperback: 218 pages, Paladin Press (July 1, 2006) ISBN 978-1581605099
  
 
==Continuing Influence on Modern Survivalism==
 
==Continuing Influence on Modern Survivalism==
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Mr. Tappan's works see influence [[prepper]]s 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]].
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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]].
  
 
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* [[Preparedness]] and [[Survivalist retreat]]s
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* [[Survivalist retreat]]
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* The Eastern [[American Redoubt]] - [[Cumberland Gap]] [[Kentucky]]
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* [[Police state]]s-[[Nanny state]]s violate the [[United States Constitution]]-[[Bill of Rights]] (especially [[Second Amendment]] and [[Fourth Amendment]]) and [[Citizen]]'s [[Unalienable rights]] by not upholding their [[oath]] to support and defend the [[Constitution]].
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* [[Stewart Rhodes]] founder of [[Oath Keepers]], [[Montana]]
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* [[Kenneth Royce]] ([[Boston T. Party]]) of [[Free State Wyoming]] and author of ''[[Boston's Gun Bible]]''
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* [[James Wesley Rawles]] of [[The Survival Blog]], [[New York Times]] best-selling author of [[How to Survive the End of the World as We Know It]], [[American Redoubt]] [[Idaho]]
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* [[Jack Spirko]] of [[The Survival Podcast]], [[Texas]]
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* [[M.D. Creekmore]] of [[TheSurvivalistBlog.net]], [[Kentucky]]
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* [[John Jacob Schmidt]] - [[Radio Free Redoubt]], [[Idaho]]
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* [[Alex Barron]] - [[Charles Carroll Society]], [[Idaho]]
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* [[Ragnar Benson]] - Prolific [[:Category:Preparedness authors|Preparedness author]]
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* [[Joel Skousen]] - author ''[[Strategic Relocation - North American Guide to Safe Places]]'' and [[World Affairs Brief]], [[Utah]]
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* [[Alex Jones]] - [[InfoWars Nightly News]] and [[Prison Planet]], [[Texas]]
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* [[Chuck Baldwin]] - [[Liberty Fellowship]], [[Montana]]
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* [[Dave Duffy]] and [[Claire Wolfe]] of [[Backwoods Home Magazine]], [[Oregon]]
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* [[Paul Wheaton]] - [[Permies.com]] [[Permaculture]], [[Montana]]
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* [[Nutnfancy]] - Nutnfancy YouTube Firearms Channel, [[Utah]]
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* [[Essay:List of celebrities who support the Second Amendment]] - usually [[Conservatives]] or [[Libertarians]]
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===Related movements and organizations===
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* [[Free State Wyoming]]
 
* [[Free State Wyoming]]
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===Other Related Articles===
 
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* [[Firearms]]
 
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** '''[[Big government | Big Government]]''': [[Liberal values|Liberal]] [[ObamaCare]]-[[Common Core]]-[[Social Security]] [[Welfare state]] leads to [[Nanny state]], leads to [[Gun control]], [[Militarization of police]], [[Asset forfeiture]] and Domestic [[mass surveillance]] of law-abiding [[citizen]]s via the '''[[Police state]]''': [[Globalist]]-[[United Nations]]-[[Statist]]-[[Socialist]]-[[National Socialist]]-[[Communist]]
 
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* [[Essay:Why do conservatives own firearms?]] -- According to [[Thomas Jefferson]] it is as the final deterrent against potential [[Tyranny]] of [[government]]
 
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* Buy [[Precious metal]]s (that is [[Copper-jacketed lead]] and [[Firearms]])
 
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* [https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Mel+Tappan Mel Tappan search on [[Duck Duck Go]] [[Privacy]] search engine]
 
  
 
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Latest revision as of 18:26, September 26, 2018

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 an underpopulated state from a liberal state. Mr. Tappan advocated survivalist retreats in lightly populated rural regions.[2]

Books

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

  1. ↑ https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=950&dat=19810331&id=ixsMAAAAIBAJ&sjid=61kDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6691,4779572 Accessed December 27, 2014
  2. ↑ Mitchell, Dancing at Armageddon, excerpt Accessed December 27, 2014
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