Rowing Through the Night

By Ruth Kibler Peck

The poetry of Ruth Kibler Peck reflects her love for life and her interest in people, history, literature, and art. She uses both rhyming forms and free verse to explore these topics. More than half of the poems in this volume have received national, state, or local awards. Peck brings to her poetry a womans sensitivity, a mothers understanding, a scholars thirst for truth, a teachers joy of discovery, a friends loyalty, and the writers quest for just the right word.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Sep 3, 2008
• ISBN: 9781469104188

Ruth Kibler Peck

Charles (Ted) Brusaw was a man dedicated to his family and to writing. After graduating from Miami University at Oxford, Ohio, Ted became a technical writer for National Cash Register in Dayton. As a hobby, he co-authored six college textbooks and wrote four novels. His first success was Soldat, biography of a German soldier in World War II that was chosen by Book-of-the-Month Club. He coauthored a handbook for writers which over the years went to 14 editions. He and his wife of 60 years, Barbara, have two sons, four grandchildren, and one great grandson. Ted passed away in August, 2015. Unknown Horizons was Ted’s last endeavor. Ruth Kibler Peck earned college degrees in her 40’s, then taught English for 21 years before retirement. During her career she was honored as one of the Top Ten Teachers in Ohio, and served as president of the Ohio Council of Teachers of English Language Arts. In retirement she wrote seven books, was a docent at the Dayton Art Institute 24 years, chaired Wright Writers of Dayton 35 years, and for fi ve years hosted a TV show, The Writer’s Nook. Peck and her husband Walter have been married 66 years and have fi ve grown children and eight grandchildren.

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