As the son of the Rosh, the Tur lived in his father's shadow and did not know success in his lifetime, but in influence on Torah scholarship, his halachic work was a towering masterpiece and the predecessor to the Shulchan Aruch. Rabbi Wein depicts the touching life story of the Tur, weaving together both his halachic and personal writings into a poignant picture of a great yet humble man.