Daniel boorstin , the well - known sociohistorian , has written that " … of all american myths , none is stronger than that of the loner moving west , across the land 著名的社會(huì)歷史學(xué)家丹尼爾?鮑斯汀這樣寫(xiě)道: “ … …在全部美國(guó)神話(huà)中,沒(méi)有什么能像孤身一人闖蕩西部那樣的行為給人以強(qiáng)烈的印象了。