“From the opening acknowledgments, I knew this was going to be an interesting look at Montana history. . . . Minton offers historical details and anecdotes as well as historic photographs to give the reader a better understanding of the state’s citizens and history while providing a perspective on Shakespeare’s enduring global influence.”—Barbara Theroux, Missoulian
“For over two centuries, the works of Shakespeare have found a home under the big skies of Montana. Gretchen Minton is the ideal guide on this fascinating tour of one extraordinary state’s relationship with one extraordinary writer.”—Paul Prescott, author of Reviewing Shakespeare: Journalism and Performance from the Eighteenth Century to the Present
“This book renders a new twist to Montana history and makes an important contribution to the history of drama in the American West.”—Mary Murphy, coeditor of Montana Legacy: Essays on History, People, and Place