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At the Foot of the Rainbow
At the Foot of the
Rainbow
by Gene Stratton-Porter
"And the bow shall be set in the cloud; and I will look upon it,
that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every
living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth." --GENESIS,
ix-16.
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At the Foot of the Rainbow
GENE STRATTON-PORTERA
LITTLE STORY OF HER LIFE
AND WORK
For several years Doubleday, Page & Company have been receiving
repeated requests for information about the life and books of Gene
Stratton-Porter. Her fascinating nature work with bird, flower, and moth,
and the natural wonders of the Limberlost Swamp, made famous as the
scene of her nature romances, all have stirred much curiosity among
readers everywhere.
Mrs. Porter did not possess what has been called "an aptitude for
personal publicity." Indeed, up to the present, she has discouraged quite
essfully any attempt to stress the personal note. It is practically
impossible, however, to do the kind of work she has done--to make
genuine contributions to natural science by her wonderful field work
among birds, insects, and flowers, and then, through her romances, to
bring several hundred thousands of people to love and understand nature
in a way they never did before-- without arousing a legitimate interest in
her own history, her ideals, her methods of work, and all that underlies the
structure of her unusual achievement.
Her publishers have felt the pressure of this growing interest and it
was at their request that she furnished the data for a biographical sketch
that was to be written of her. But when this actually came to hand, the
piler found that the author had told a story so much more
interesting than anything he could write of her, that it became merely a
question of how little need be added.
The following pages are therefore adapted from what might be styled
the personal record of Gene Stratton-Porter. This will account for the very
intimate picture