Standing on the Crack: Legacy of Five Jewish Families from Seattle's Vibrant Gilded Age with Karen Treiger
Sun, Sep 14
|Folio: The Seattle Athenaeum
A member reading and celebration. Available to pre-order.
Time & Location
Sep 14, 2025, 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM PDT
Folio: The Seattle Athenaeum, 93 Pike St #307, Seattle, WA 98101, USA
About the Event
Folio: The Seattle Athenaeum is thrilled to celebrate the release of Folio member and author Karen Treiger's upcoming book Standing on the Crack Legacy of Five Jewish Families from Seattle's Gilded Age.
Born out of grief after the loss of her father, author Karen Treiger dives into old photos and family histories to search for answers and comfort. Bringing her ancestors to life, she shares the stories of five immigrant Jewish families who shape Seattle's early years, its retail culture and Seattle's gilded age.
In this delightful book, Karen places herself in the long arc of history and invites the reader to join her time travel. The story telling is masterful as she describes the origin of each family who emigrated to the United States from central and eastern Europe between 1874 and 1913. It's full of tales, both funny and tragic, about ancestors that sh…