Background
Tappan was born on February 9, 1939 in Los Angeles, California, United States; the daughter of Augustus Frederick Mack and Edith (Staples) Mack.
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Tappan studied at Stanford University from 1956 to 1958.
Tappan was born on February 9, 1939 in Los Angeles, California, United States; the daughter of Augustus Frederick Mack and Edith (Staples) Mack.
Tappan studied at Stanford University from 1956 to 1958.
Tappan began her career as a co-editor of the newsletter "Personal Survival ("P. S.") Letter" in 1970. After the death of her husband Mel Tappan, she, in 1981, edited a number of his magazine columns, including "Soldier of Fortune magazine" and "Guns & Ammo" magazine to combine them to create the book "Tappan on Survival". In 2010, Nancy became an editor of a magazine "The New Pioneer".
Tappan was a board member of the Grants Pass Irrigation District in 2009.
Tappan, in the late 1990s in partnership with her friend Vernon Hixson, started a large wine vineyard called Evans Creek and Venture Vineyards, on a 60-acre parcel.
On May 8, 1958 Nancy Tappan married Mel Tappan.