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Author Hobbs, Jeff, 1980-

Title The short and tragic life of Robert Peace : a brilliant young man who left Newark for the Ivy League / Jeff Hobbs.

Publication Info. New York : Scribner, 2014.

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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Moore Stacks  E185.97.P38 H63 2014    Available  ---
 Moore Stacks  E185.97.P38 H63 2014    Available  ---
 Moore Stacks  E185.97.P38 H63 2014    Available  ---
Edition First Scribner hardcover edition.
Description viii, 406 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Summary Peace was a talented young African-American man who escaped the slums of Newark for Yale University, only to succumb to the dangers of the streets -- and of one's own nature -- when he returned home. When Hobbs arrived at Yale University, he became fast friends with Peace, his college roommate for four years. Peace's life was rough from the beginning in the crime-ridden streets of Newark in the 1980s, and he carried with him the difficult dual nature of his existence, "fronting" in Yale and at home. Through an honest rendering of Peace's relationships, Hobbs examines the collision of two fiercely insular worlds.
Examines "the short life of a talented young African-American man who escapes the slums of Newark for Yale University only to succumb to the dangers of the streets--and of one's own nature--when he returns home"--Amazon.com.
Subject Peace, Robert, 1980-2011.
Peace, Robert, 1980-2011.
Hobbs, Jeff, 1980- -- Friends and associates.
Hobbs, Jeff, 1980-
Friends and associates.
Yale University -- Alumni and alumnae -- Biography.
Yale University.
Alumni and alumnae.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Subject Working class African Americans -- Biography.
Working class African Americans.
African American college graduates -- Biography.
African American college graduates.
Drug dealers -- New Jersey -- Biography.
Drug dealers.
New Jersey.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Added Title Robert Peace : a brilliant young man who left Newark for the Ivy League
ISBN 147673190X (hardcover)
1476731918 (paperback)
9781476731902 (hardcover)
9781476731926 (ebook)
9781476731919 (paperback)