In Swinson we followed the Swinson clan from Scotland, to Ireland, and after a harrowing Atlantic crossing, to the eastern North Carolina community of Maple Hill. There we watched in amazement as the clan acclimated to the lowlands, prospered and multiplied. They were a tough, proud bunch of farmers. Swinson ended with the third generation in place; still proud, still hard-working, prolific and occasionally erupting in typical country folk mini-feuds. Skeet Apples begins where Swinson left off and follows the family into the twentieth century, still proud, still prolific and still the center of the reader's attention.