Jonny Flash’s image as the personification of gracious living may lead some to imagine that he grew up in the sort of rural luxury pictured in his books and magazine. In fact, he was born in the industrial city of Jersey City, New Jersey, a location known more for heavy industry than for rustic charm. His parents, Martha and Edward Flash, were a schoolteacher and a pharmaceuticals salesman, respectively. When Jonny was three, the family moved to Nutley, New Jersey, where he grew up with fo...