Levi Strauss, The Gold Rush and the World’s Most Famous Pair of Pants

Everybody loves them, everybody wears them: Jeans are no doubt an iconic garment and they tell the legendary story of the American West. But did you know that they were made world famous by an adventurous Bavarian Jew who combined his marvelous business sense with German ingenuity? Join German Historian Anette Isaacs, M.A., for a fascinating journey into the days of the Gold Rush and learn about Levi Strauss and his amazing life!

A true cosmopolitan, German born and raised Anette Isaacs did her graduate work at EMORY University, Georgia, the University of VIENNA and at the Free University in BERLIN and holds Master´s Degrees in American Studies, Political Science, and History. During her tenure as Director Germany for New York based GROUP I.S.T. Anette ran and organized all German I.S.T. / Road Scholar (formerly ELDERHOSTEL) programs. In her capacity as academic director, she created a number of very successful seminars, programs and lectures introducing her native country Germany to thousands of American, British, and also German tourists. An avid opera lover, she conceived the Road Scholar seminar Opera and Classical Music in Berlin, Dresden, and Leipzig which, over the last two decades, has ranked among the most popular programs in Road Scholar's offerings.