Crocker, Aimée

And I'd do it again / Aimée Crocker - London, Head of Zeus Ltd., 2017, c1988 - 312 p. : illus. : 21 cm

Aimee Crocker (1863-1941) 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, the longest continuously operating art museum in the West. Her father was a brother of Charles Crocker, one of the "big four" California railroad barons. Ms. Crocker was an extremely wealthy railroad heiress who lived life her way, traveling the world, spending lavishly, marrying five times and conducting countless other affairs. She was not always a proper lady, but she could afford to be whomever she wished. Her book was published during the last hard times - 1936. And I'd Do It Again is here autobiography.


English

9781784979850


Crocker, Aimée 1864-1941 --Travel--Asia


Heiresses -- United States--Biography

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