“Eichin’s most exciting contribution may be her embodiment of the Western character itself through a series of thoughtfully curated and engagingly spun vignettes. . . . The book’s wealth of colorful stories and characters will likely also appeal to Western popular audiences who see themselves and their forebears in these pages.”
—Heather Kelley, Theatre History Studies
“ ... a dynamic contribution to American theater history.”
—The Journal of Arizona History
“Eichin provides well-written pros and well-documented history of theater in the American West... a welcome addition to the nineteeth-century history of Nevada theater.”
—Nevada Historical Society Quarterly
“This study would make a useful addition to research or courses in theater history, urbanization, Irish immigration, social and geographic mobility, and women in the American West.”
—Laurie Arnold, Gonzaga University
...the best, most thought-provoking study of the subject to date.
~True West
“... a dynamic contribution to American theater history.”
~The Journal of Arizona History
From San Francisco Eastward offers a colorful, engaging analysis of activities that may at first seem frivolous or extraneous to the history of the American West, but in fact offer valuable insights into the nation’s social and cultural development.
~California History
Eichin provides well-written prose and well-documented history of theater in the American West. . . this book is a welcome addition to the 19th-century history of Nevada theater.
~Nevada Historical Quarterly
To date, most large-scale studies of theatrical performance in the nineteenth-century U.S. West have taken the form of chronicles as opposed to analyses, and have tended to be limited in geographical scope. From San Francisco Eastward is a refreshing departure from this tradition on both counts.
~Andrew Gibb, associate professor of Theater and Dance, Texas A & M University
