In Focus.

The article profiles Sherry DeBoer, executive director of the nonprofit group the South Dakota Humanities Council and organizer of the annual South Dakota Festival of Books. DeBoer's childhood on a family farm, her attitude toward reading, and fundraising for the festival are discussed, as well as t...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Published in:Humanities Vol. 34; no. 4; pp. 45 - 46
Main Author: WALSH, LORI
Format: Article
Published: Superintendent of Documents Jul/Aug2013
Subjects:
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Description
Summary:The article profiles Sherry DeBoer, executive director of the nonprofit group the South Dakota Humanities Council and organizer of the annual South Dakota Festival of Books. DeBoer's childhood on a family farm, her attitude toward reading, and fundraising for the festival are discussed, as well as the development of a mobile device application for the festival and the Council's book "What Makes a South Dakotan?"