The book, Silk Stocking Street by Rachel Paris, is a charming, funny little book about growing up in the early 1900s, in a small town on a street called Silk Stocking. The street was so called because the ladies living in the large Victorian houses could afford to wear silk stockings, especially on Sundays.




Although they were not real relations, she called the neighbors Grandpa, Grandma, Aunt or Uncle, and she describes many characters among them. The book holds wonderful, descriptive accounts of a happy and loving world of two brothers, family, neighbors and friends; and a marvelous mixture of animals, including Billy, the billy goat who was hitched to their "Studebaker" wagon, and who was taught not to move until his tail was "cranked". The lifestyle of nearly a century ago is told with a keen sense of humor, giving pleasure to readers of any background.