This history/genealogy book is the culmination of three decades of research into the Summers and Shain families and those related to them. Roby, Parrent, McDaniels, Harper, Gaddie, Nalley, Nevitt, Cissell, Hammett, Phelon, Deats, Snellen, Pash, Hash, Smith, Jones, Weakley, Broughton, Shehan, Ricketts, Duvall, and others. Many have outline descendant charts. There is a kinship report listing the relationship of the author to those named in the book. There is an index.