"The main purpose of this work is to chronicle and categorize the life experiences of 519 persons who entered Maryland as indentured servants or, to a lesser extent, as convicts forcibly transported [between 1634-1777]. The text itself is composed of solidly researched sketches of Maryland servants and convicts and their descendants, including 84 that are traced to the third generation or beyond."--Amazon.com.

Bobbie Ann Mason created a small town in Kentucky to fill with characters and plots. Lynch's Corner provides the same format for Mr. Summers. The Double-Edged Sword: Lynch's Corner in Depression and War is the fourth volume in the Lynch's Corner Series. These short stories are set during the harrowing days of the Great Depression and the challenging days of World War II, specifically, the world of the Office of Strategic Services. Readers will attend a baseball game in "Play Ball," wonder at the changes wrought by the Flood of 1937 in "Black Sunday," cheer for a new teacher in a backwater town in "Sinking Creek," try to unravel the mystery in the title short story, and accompany the OSS in spy stories such as "Burglary," "Fingers," "The Piano Player," and "Wine Cellar." The fifteen stories give a different perspective on the Thirties and Forties in a small southern town and on the spyscape of Europe. Come meet Mark Lynch, Fingers Malone, Lydia Carr, Temple McKenzie, Ludlow Carr and a cast of characters sure to engage your attention.

Backward Glances is volume six in the Lynch’s Corner Series. These short stories veer from the preceding five in that they focus on protagonists other than the Lynch-Carr family though there are a few lurking in the list of stories. Previous readers will find “The Fall of Jessup” an interesting conclusion to that flawed person. Others will delight in stories dealing with nuns in the Appalachians, archaeology in Egypt, young lovers groping for the rite of passage, University of Kentucky sports, illegal moonshine, and desperate people facing impossible situations. Some recurring characters visit once more, but for the most part, newer folks emerge and join the LC series. Enjoy.

After four volumes of Lynch's Corner stories, Mr. Summers now turns to poetry to evoke the mood swings of the seasons. We visit the coolness and dying of "October", the depth of family in "Generations", the strength of "History", the prisms of "Remembering" and "Mind Games", and far-away places in "Torre de Palma". October Leaves is about the moods of life.

I was always told that we had forefathers that served in the American Revolutionary War. I decided that I wanted to find out for sure and that is when I first became addicted to researching. It's been fun, time consuming but if compiling all this information helps someone find which branch of the family tree they came from then it has been worth it.