BIBFRAME Work

Title

Cardinal dreams

Other Titles (e.g. Variant)

Legacy of Charlie Peete and a life cut short

Type

• Text
• Monograph

Contribution

• Spewak, Danny, 1991- (author )

Subject

• Peete, Charlie, 1929-1956 (LCNAF)
• Baseball players--United States (LCSH)
• Baseball--United States--History--20th century (LCSH)
• Discrimination in sports--United States--History--20th century (LCSH)
• St. Louis Cardinals (Baseball team)--History--20th century. (LCSH)

Genre Form

• Biographies (LCGFT)

Language

• English

Illustrative Content

• illustrations

Classification

• LCC: GV865.P435 S64 2024 (Assigner: dlc) (Status: used by assigner)
• DDC: 796.357092, B (Assigner: dlc)

Content

• text

Supplementary content

• bibliography
• index

Summary

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents

Pride of Portsmouth -- Uncharted territory -- Korea -- Integrating the Piedmont -- Bursting on the scene -- Road to the majors -- Omaha -- The final push -- Welcome to the show -- Finishing strong -- Flight -- What could have been -- Leaving a legacy.

Authorized Access Point

Spewak, Danny, 1991-. Cardinal dreams

Geographic Coverage

• Missouri
• United States

Admin Metadata

• Date: 2026-09-11T20:15:54.357501+00:00
• Agent: cbc
• Status: c
• Derived from: 23304209

Admin Metadata

• Date: 2026-09-11
• Cataloger id: Unknown
• Description level: http://id.loc.gov/ontologies/bibframe-2-6-0/
• Description language: eng
• Description authentication: pcc