The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace : : a Brilliant Young man who Left Newark for the Ivy League
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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.
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Heartbreakingly Honest submitted by Beth Manuel on August 18, 2015, 12:59pm This was one of those books that read like fiction in a way. It was hard to put down. The details Jeff Hobbs managed to pull together about Rob Peace's life and times were fascinating. As a reader I was drawn in by Peace's personality and how he lived his life. He was gone too soon. I would bet he would have been touched by the book his former roommate wrote about him.
PUBLISHED
New York : Scribner, 2014.
Year Published: 2014
Description: viii, 406 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781476731902
147673190X
SUBJECTS
Peace, Robert, -- 1980-2010.
Hobbs, Jeff, -- 1980- -- Friends and associates.
Yale University -- Alumni and alumnae -- Biography.
Working class African Americans -- Biography.
African American college graduates -- Biography.
Drug dealers -- New Jersey -- Biography.