For Immediate Release: January 31, 2007
Contact: Martyn Beeny, (605) 773-8161, martyn.beeny@state.sd.us

No need for Groundhog Day, the South Dakota State Historical Society has a Gopher Month instead.

PIERRE, SD—Friday, Feb. 2, is Groundhog Day. South Dakota doesn’t have a special festival for this little creature and his strange ways. Instead the South Dakota State Historical Society suggests a “Gopher Month.” In honor of Groundhog Day, the Society is offering a special discount on The Discontented Gopher, by L. Frank Baum.

Lucky for Zikky the Gopher, he isn’t stuck to a Groundhog Day ritual. His decisions give him plenty to be discontented about without having to repeat them over and over again. Set near Aberdeen, S.D., when gopher bounties were two-cents apiece, The Discontented Gopher is the first book in the Prairie Tales from the South Dakota State Historical Society Press.

Just visit www.sdshspress.com during February to order the book at the special price of $12 plus shipping and tax. This offer is only available online.