And I'd Do It Again

With the world at her feet and Californian railroad fortunes in her purse, Aimée had a tale or two to tell. Here, she boldly delivers her hilarious memoirs of escaping headhunters in Borneo, avoiding poisoning in Hong Kong and outwitting murder in Shanghai. Not remotely cowered by her skirmishes with sin, shame or vice , Aimée celebrates her quintet of unfortunate husbands including a Russian prince almost forty years her junior and King Kalakaua of Hawaii, emboldened by her forcefulness to hold sway over the faint of heart. Aimée was a woman of means, not always a lady and never what you might call 'proper'. In this laugh-out-loud story of her life, she recounts her adventures with flair, invincibility and unapologetic gusto. Aimée Crocker Was An Heiress To Gold And Railroad Fortunes And A Daughter Of Judge Edwin B. Crocker (1818-1875), Legal Counsel For The Central Pacific Railroad, Justice Of The California Supreme Court In 1865 And Founder Of The Crocker Art Museum. Her Father Was A Brother Of Charles Crocker, One Of The 'big Four' California Railroad Barons. Aimee Had A Tale Or Two To Tell. Aside From Lavish Parties, Husbands And Lovers, She Travelled Widely In The Far East. She Tells Of Escaping Headhunters In Borneo, Poisoning In Hong Kong, And Avoiding Murder By Servants In Shanghai. While Away, She Was Christened Princess Palaikalani Bliss Of Heaven By King David Kalakaua, The Last King Of Hawaii, And Then Princess Galitzine When She Wed Her Fifth And Final Husband, Prince Mstislav Galitzine. And I'd Do It Again Is Her Autobiography. Aimée Crocker. Moonlit seances in Honolulu. Exotic cobra dances. Drinking games with Oscar Wilde. Enchanting tales in Victorian world traveller Aimée Crocker's autobiography