Download or read book Who Was Victoria Silkee written by Barbara L. Wyckoff and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2020-12-21 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can Mere Words Preserve a Bygone Era And a Woman who was so Refined She Became a Madam by Design To Protect an Estate Forgotten by Time The year is 1915 and Grace Irene Anderson had been given an assignment to write an article for an Ozark periodical. This was about a parcel of land and a home hidden away by the heavy foliage of the Southern Missouri Ozarks which time could have continued to overlook. That was until it came under the greedy eyes of the city fathers in the burgeoning city becoming a prime location for city expansion. Madam Silkee as she preferred to be known simply said, “No.”