...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