John L. Smith Jr.
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John L. Smith Jr.

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John L. Smith, Jr. earned a BS degree from the University of South Florida and an MBA from the University of Tampa. He holds a current state-certified social sciences teaching certificate. He is a Vietnam-era veteran and has honorable discharges from both the US Air Force Reserve and the US Army Reserve. Following retirement after a 40-year career in energy corporations in California and Florida, he began an acting career in films and TV. He earned a SAG-AFTRA card playing in such TV shows as Magic City and Hindsight. His film work includes such movies as Ironman 3, Killing Reagan, X-Men: First Class, and The Conspirator, directed by Robert Redford. Shortly afterwards John was asked by Redford to be his stand-in and body double in A Walk in the Woods. That filming lasted for 3 months. John’s interest in the American Revolution has produced over 30 peer-reviewed articles in The Journal of the American Revolution. His work has also been featured by Smithsonian Magazine, CNN, Knowledge Quest, the Wall Street Journal, and The National Review. From 2016–2022, he wrote and posted a daily blog called “American Revolution History Bits.” He is an occasional guest on the SiriusXM radio podcast "Revolution Road with the Journal of the American Revolution." John is a member of the Abigail Adams Historical Society, and he has just completed his first full-length book – a new biography on Abigail Adams called The Unexpected Abigail Adams, a Woman “Not Apt to be Intimidated.” It received an excellent, full-page review by the Wall Street Journal as one of the WSJ Spring Books to read. It is being published by Westholme Publications and is now available in major BOOK STORES as Barnes & Noble, Amazon, Westholme Publications, Fort Plain bookstore, and various websites in 2024. John will be speaking on the book in June at the American Revolution 250 Conference in the Mohawk Valley, New York.
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