TY - BOOK AU - Jackson,Dave AU - Jackson,Neta AU - Jackson,Julian TI - Abandoned on the wild frontier SN - 1556614683 (pbk.) U1 - [Fic] 20 PY - 1995/// CY - Minneapolis PB - Bethany House Pub. KW - Orphans KW - Fiction KW - Frontier and pioneer life KW - Christian life KW - Evangelists KW - sears N2 - Gilbert Hamilton is left alone on the frontier when his father is killed and his mother is kidnapped by Sauk Indians during the War of 1812. Haunted by memories of his mother, Gil attends a camp meeting led by Peter Cartwright, a Methodist circuit-rider evangelist. Cartwright allows the boy to move with his family to Illinois, where Gil can begin the search for his mother ER -