01889cam a2200349 i 4500003000800000005001700008007000300025008004100028020004500069040001800114041000800132042000800140043001200148050002500160082001700185100002400202245012100226250003800347264003300385300003400418336002100452337002500473338002300498500012000521520062600641600003101267600004901298610005201347650004801399650005101447650004101498BJBSDDR20230411085646.0ta140131s2014    nyua          000 0beng    a9781476731902 (hardcover)a9781476731919  aDLCbengcDLC  aspa  apcc  an-us-nj00aE 185.97bH682s 201400a974.9aB2231 aHobbs, Jeff,d1980-14aThe short and tragic life of Robert Peace :ba brilliant young man who left Newark for the Ivy League /cJeff Hobbs.  aFirst Scribner hardcover edition. 1aNew York :bScribner,c2014.  aviii, 406 p. :bill. ;c24 cm  atext2rdacontent  aunmediated2rdamedia  avolume2rdacarrier  aWinner of L.A. Times Book Prize (Current Interest) 2014
Runner-up for Dayton Literary Peace Prize (Nonfiction) 2015  a	
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.10aPeace, Robert,d1980-2011.10aHobbs, Jeff,d1980-xFriends and associates.20aYale UniversityxAlumni and alumnaevBiography. 0aWorking class African AmericansvBiography. 0aAfrican American college graduatesvBiography. 0aDrug dealerszNew JerseyvBiography.