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==Continuing Influence on Modern Survivalism==
 
==Continuing Influence on Modern Survivalism==
 
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]].
 
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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===Related Movements and Organizations===
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===Related movements and organizations===
 
* [[Free State Wyoming]]
 
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* [[Essay:Free States Movement|Free States Movement]]
 
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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]]
 
* [[Essay:Why do conservatives own firearms?]] -- According to [[Thomas Jefferson]] it is as the final deterrent against potential [[Tyranny]] of [[government]]
  
* [[Essay:Invest_in_tangibles#2._Defense_and_Security_.28.22Bullets.22.29|Invest in tangibles: Firearms]] - buy [[Precious metal]]s (that is [[Copper-jacketed lead]] and [[Firearms]])
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* Buy [[Precious metal]]s (that is [[Copper-jacketed lead]] and [[Firearms]])
* [[Boston T. Party]]’s [[State Firearms Laws Ranking]]s from ''[[Boston's Gun Bible]]'' -- [[Vote with your Feet]]
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* [[Boston T. Party]]’s [[State Firearms Laws Ranking]]s from ''[[Boston's Gun Bible]]''
  
  

Revision as of 20:02, April 3, 2016

Mel Tappan (1933 - 1980), full name of Melrose H. Tappan III, the "grand daddy" of the Preparedness movement[1] 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 Vote with your feet strategic relocation to a "free states" from a liberal "death spiral" Nanny state-Police state (See Blue state - unfree states). Like James Wesley Rawles and Joel Skousen, Mr. Tappan advocated survivalist retreats in lightly populated rural regions in .[2]

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Continuing Influence on Modern Survivalism

Mr. Tappan's works see influence preppers 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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