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(Original Caption) Grinding It Out, is the personal ragtime-to-riches story of Ray Kroc who at age 52 founded the McDonald's hamburger chain and built it from a single restaurant in Des Plaines, Illinois, to an international operation with more than $3 billion in annual sales. Kroc holds an arm load of his books during party celebrating the publication of the book.

(Original Caption) Grinding It Out, is the personal ragtime-to-riches story of Ray Kroc who at age 52 founded the McDonald's hamburger chain and built it from a single restaurant in Des Plaines, Illinois, to an international operation with more than $3 billion in annual sales. Kroc holds an arm load of his books during party celebrating the publication of the book.