"At the Foot of the Rainbow," Gene Stratton-Porter\'s 1907 novel, uses fishing as a backdrop to tell the story of Jimmy Malone and Dannie Macnoun, who is in love with Jimmy\'s wife, Mary.. "At the Foot of the Rainbow," Gene Stratton-Porter\'s 1907 novel, uses fishing as a backdrop to tell the story of Jimmy Malone and Dannie Macnoun, who is in love with Jimmy\'s wife, Mary.