The sweep of family history across the generations
It was a signature moment of the turbulent 1960s. Walter, 18, and Dan, 15, were there in Chicago, working as messengers for the Eugene McCarthy campaign.
Two of the Ruby offspring went back to Israel for significant periods.
Isetta Stetson descended from early Massachusetts colonists, going all the way back to the Mayflower on one side. Nine generations later, her midwestern parents still upheld Yankee values
Stan maintained correspondence with his closest high school and Army buddies, several of whom went on to prominent careers.
The Ruby family comes of age in a bedroom suburb west of Chicago