This title unwraps the life of Ruth's Chris Steak House founder Ruth Fertel! Readers will follow Fertel’s journey from her early work as a teacher and horse trainer to her founding of a nation-wide chain of steak houses. A timeline, fast facts, infographics, a glossary, an index and historic and color photos supplement easy-to-read text. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Checkerboard Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.