Mischievous in Mendham

Coming of age in New Jersey in the late 1940s, Greg and his pals got into enough scrapes to fill a book. That book is Mischievous in Mendham, an anthology of comic memoirs based on the author's childhood and told in the vein of Garrison Keillor, he sheds light on the fact that these incidents are not unique to his hometown, but are a microcosm of the American comedy in general.

Coming of age in New Jersey in the late 1940s, Greg and his pals got into enough scrapes to fill a book. That book is Mischievous in Mendham, an anthology of comic memoirs based on the author's childhood and told in the vein of Garrison Keillor, he sheds light on the fact that these incidents are not unique to his hometown, but are a microcosm of the American comedy in general. Mischievous in Mendham traces Greg's life from a childhood of adventure and discovery, where he gets into trouble at church and broadcasts family gatherings over a homemade pirate radio, through adolescence, where he notices girls transitioning from classmates to attractive members of the opposite sex. He torments an aunt, has a run-in with a ghost, and with his friends eludes angry neighbors and even the police chief on a particularly mischievous mischief night. A profound and universal anthology written with wit, warmth, and nostalgia of times long past, relatable to all adults who fondly remember their youth.

Gregory Smith is a retired electronic technologist who worked in new product design, electronic test fixture design, and new product compliance to federal, military, and international standards for the Ohaus Corp. and ASCO Power Technologies. Technical writing began at Gow-Mac Instrument Company writing instruction manuals for all their products. His interest in radio communication began in seventh grade, when he became a radio amateur, and achieved his Advanced Class FCC License of W2GLS as he neared retirement. In 2006 he began writing for Monitoring Times Magazine with "Tales of a Teenage Radio Amateur," then became a regular writer for the magazine. Three of his stories were chosen as cover stories. "Who Really Invented Morse Code" unveiled the real truth—that Alfred Vail was the real inventor of Morse code. "How to Catch a Spy" kept readers on the edge of their seats as the author and three other radio amateurs triangulated a spy's location in Pennsylvania, reporting it to the FBI. Years later, CBS broadcast on 60 Minutes "The Spy Among Us", believed to be the same spy. Smith is a member of Chester, New Jersey's "The Write Stuff" and Tom Cantillon's Creative Writers' Group in Chatham.