Follows the life of Calvert, who together with his father settles in the newly established Catholic colony in Maryland. Although they have many adventures with Indians, conflicts with other colonists provide much of the action in the narrative.

Follows the life of Calvert, who together with his father settles in the newly established Catholic colony in Maryland. Although they have many adventures with Indians, conflicts with other colonists provide much of the action in the narrative.

Leonard Calvert was a quiet boy who grew up in England. When he was grown, Leonard went to Newfoundland with his father, George Calvert, the first Lord Baltimore, and fought French privateers. When his father died, Cecil became the second Lord Baltimore, and led the first colonists to settle in Maryland. Leonard was just twenty-seven-years old when he became Maryland's first governor. He faced fierce Indians, unfriendly Virginia fur traders, and plundering pirates who wanted to chase him out of Maryland and take the colony away from the Calverts. Middle grades-ages 10-13.

This book describes the life and accomplishments of Lord Baltimore, who founded the Maryland Colony, which was first settled in 1634, and who advanced the Act of Tolerance, protecting citizens' rights to practice their religion freely.

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A richer reflection of life in early 19th-century Maryland and the Washington environs cannot be found. -- Washington Post Book World