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Cardinal Dreams: The Legacy of Charlie Peete and a Life Cut Short

Name: Cardinal Dreams: The Legacy of Charlie Peete and a Life Cut Short
Brand: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
SKU: 9781538179925
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Contributors:

Danny Spewak

Publisher:

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Binding:

Hardcover

Book Category:

Sports & Recreation, Biography & Autobiography, History

Book Subcategory:

Baseball, Sports, African American & Black

Book Topic:

History

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Release Date:

2024-03-05

ISBN 13:

9781538179925

Weight:

1.32 lbs

Size:

9.00 x 6.00 x 0.81 inches

Pages:

292

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Description

Cardinal Dreams revitalizes the legacy of Charlie Peete, a key figure in integrating the minor leagues with the breakout potential to be the first established Black position player for the St. Louis Cardinals. Peete changed the world for the better and left a lasting impact on baseball before his tragic death at just 27 years old.

About the Author

Danny Spewak has more than a decade of experience as a news reporter at local television affiliates in Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Buffalo, and mid-Missouri. A native of the St. Louis area, he graduated from the University of Missouri with dual degrees in journalism and political science. Spewak has also covered college sports extensively as a freelance writer, producing work that has appeared in the USA Today Network, The Huffington Post, and other online media outlets. He is the author of From the Gridiron to the Battlefield: Minnesota's March to a College Football Title and into World War II, which was a finalist for the Emilie Buchwald Award for Minnesota Nonfiction in the 2022 Minnesota Book Awards.