'''Peter Benedict Gemma, Jr.''' (born September 13, 1950), is a free-lance writer and [[conservative]] political activist originally from [[Providence]], [[Rhode Island]], currently based in Sarasota, [[Florida]]. He has written for such publications as ''[[USA Today]]'', ''[[Human Events]]'' (a national weekly newspaper, since a [[website]]), ''The Washington Examiner'', ''Military History'', ''Quarterly Review'' of [[Great Britain]], and ''The Daily Caller''.
His 2006 book, ''Shots Fired: Sam Francis on America’s Culture War,'' published by the Fitzgerald Griffin Foundation of Vienna, [[Virginia]], is an edited study of the late [[paleoconservative]] columnist, Samuel T. Francis, with foreword by [[Pat Buchanan]] and afterword by [[Joseph Sobran]], two of Gemma's mentors.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.independentpoliticalreport.com/author/peter-gemma/|title=About Peter Gemma|publisher=''Independent Political Report''|accessdate=May 20, 2016}}</ref> He has also worked for ''The Political Cesspool'', a weekly [[radio]] talk show.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.intelius.com/search/people/Peter-B-Gemma/Sarasota-FL|title=Peter B. Gemma|publisher=intelius.com|accessdate=May 20, 2016}}</ref>
==Background==