Ruth Kibler PeckRuth Ann married her high school sweetheart, Walter Peck, and they have five grown children, eight grandchildren, and one greatgrandchild. She graduated with High Honors from Wright State University at age 40 and taught English for 21 years at Northmnt Junior High in Englewood, Ohio. In 1990 she was honored as one of Ohio's Top Ten Teachers from 7,000 nominees. She has won dozens of national, state, and local prizes for her poetry - see Rowing Through the Night. Poverty, Puberty, & Patriotism is her seventh book and was written especially for teenagers and for those who remember the special years of World War II. Read More Read Less