161:, had a tremendous impact on Lancaster's formative years by encouraging his early interest in writing. Lancaster's fascination with the "Western identity" was also rooted in his childhood, as he traveled extensively during summer vacations to visit his father, who followed work in Western oil fields. Lancaster describes his early memories of Montana as "vast, beautiful, overwhelming," and knew that he "wanted to be a part of it."
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