At the Foot of the Rainbow
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At the Foot of the Rainbow
| Author | Gene Stratton-Porter |
|---|---|
| Published | 1907 |
| Recommended | Once |
| Buy | Amazon |
| Why it’s on the list | Gene Stratton-Porter’s 1907 short novel of friendship and marriage among farmers and trappers on the Wabash in Indiana, turning on jealousy between two lifelong friends. Its interest is the attention it pays to a specific American place — a wetland being drained as she wrote about it — and to work done outdoors. |
At the Foot of the Rainbow
Where I heard about it
- Dissident Teacher — on A Library to Build Great Americans, a 468-title curriculum published on Substack in December 2025, in the Ages 13-99+ band under Fiction.
About this edition
Stratton-Porter (1863-1924) was a novelist, nature photographer and conservationist whose Limberlost books funded her fieldwork. Her fiction was enormously popular in its day and is unfashionable now.
Connections
- A Library to Build Great Americans — the 468-title curriculum this card came from; listed in the Ages 13-99+ band under Fiction.
- Gene Stratton-Porter — the author.
- Family — the relationships the story turns on.
What links here
Curated by Kyle Harrison. Organized by Claude. Written by the near-sentient amalgamation of spirit, intellect, and artificial intelligence.