hwelte: the mustang (english edition)  "the old west collides with world war ii."<p></p><br><br><p>in roy mcshane&apos;s second installment of his trilogy, <i>hwelte</i>, bomber pilot first lieutenant chuck hewitt returns home wounded from stalingrad, in 1943, to his parent&apos;s ranch at flagstaff, arizona. he&apos;s a broken man looking for answers-ultimately finding those answers in the extraordinary history of his white grandfather&apos;s and navajo grandmother&apos;s struggle to forge a life together against all odds in the 1880s.</p> <br><p>inspired by his grandparent&apos;s hardships, chuck decides to get back in the war and transfers into fighters. he eventually winds up in england, in 1944, with the 354th fighter group-the first group to fly and fight over europe in the new, revolutionary p-51 mustang. whereupon, after his initial mission escorting b-17s over germany, chuck makes a startling discovery about the common denominator fighter pilots and bomber pilots share: they are all condemned men living on death row.</p> <br><br><p>"...mcshane&apos;s descriptions of the american west, and the air war in europe during world war ii, are the best i&apos;ve ever read."<br>-<i>san francisco bay guardian</i></p><br><br><p>"the old west collides with world war ii. strap in and hold on for the ride of your life..."<br>-<i>los angeles new times</i></p> <br><br><p>"...a western, a war story, a flying story and a love story, mcshane pulls them all together with exciting realism."<br>-<i>st. louis post-dispatch</i></p><br><br><br><p><i>hwelte</i> (whell-`tay) n. navajo: meaning fortress or place of refuge.</p><br><br><br><p>author&apos;s websites: www.thaiwave.com/hwelte<br />www.phuketdir.com/hwelte</p>