Author: frankkelso

The APPRENTICESHIP OF NIGEL BLACKTHORN is a coming-of-age story set in the American West of 1853. The story relates the adventures of a thirteen-year-old English boy whose missionary parents came to convert the wild heathens to the way of Christ.Comanches slaughter Reverend John Blackthorn and his family before he preaches one word. Nigel survives by following his mother¿s instructions to hide … hide in a hollow tree. Nigel prays for God to send help. Pascal LeBrun, a roaming muleteer, rides to the smoke of the burning wagons to find Nigel.Plump, lazy, and spoiled, Nigel enters an unwelcome new world¿work or…