And although no period or place in American history has been more absurdly romanticized, myth and reality did join hands in at least one arena, the conflict between the individual and encroaching civilization.
雖然在美國歷史上沒有任何時(shí)期或地區(qū)像西部拓荒時(shí)期那樣被荒謬地浪漫主義化了,但神話和事實(shí)至少在某一個(gè)舞臺(tái)上共存,也就是存在于個(gè)人與漸漸闖入的文明這兩者的沖突之中。