For a long time, Wallace Stegner could have laid claim to the West.

华莱士·斯泰格纳在很长一段时间里本可以宣称占有美国西部。

To understand the American West, you need to know the land and its beautiful, terrifying expanse, as Stegner did.

要了解美国西部，你需要像斯泰格纳那样了解这片土地，及其美丽而令人害怕的无垠旷野。