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The short and tragic life of Robert Peace : a brilliant young man who left Newark for the Ivy League
- Title
- The short and tragic life of Robert Peace : a brilliant young man who left Newark for the Ivy League / Jeff Hobbs.
- Author
- Hobbs, Jeff, 1980-
- Publication
- New York : Scribner, 2014.
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- Description
- viii, 406 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- 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.
- Subjects
- Drug dealers
- Working class African Americans
- Working class African Americans > Biography
- Drug dealers > New Jersey > Biography
- Peace, Robert, 1980-2011
- New Jersey
- Universities and colleges > Alumni and alumnae
- Biography
- Friendship
- Yale University
- Biographies
- African American college graduates > Biography
- Hobbs, Jeff, 1980- > Friends and associates
- Yale University Alumni and alumnae > Biography
- Genre/Form
- Biographies.
- Biography.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Contents
- 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.
- Call Number
- JFE 15-2797
- ISBN
- 9781476731902
- 147673190X
- LCCN
- 2014001213
- OCLC
- 872653974
- 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.
- Publisher
- New York : Scribner, 2014.
- Edition
- First Scribner hardcover edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 15-2797Sc E 14-1591