02087cam a2200397 i 4500 105458 105458 BJBSDDR 20230411085646.0 ta 140131s2014 nyua 000 0beng 9781476731902 (hardcover) 9781476731919 DLC eng DLC spa pcc n-us-nj E 185.97 H682s 2014 974.9 B 23 Hobbs, Jeff, 1980- The short and tragic life of Robert Peace : a brilliant young man who left Newark for the Ivy League / Jeff Hobbs. First Scribner hardcover edition. New York : Scribner, 2014. viii, 406 p. : ill. ; 24 cm text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier Winner of L.A. Times Book Prize (Current Interest) 2014 Runner-up for Dayton Literary Peace Prize (Nonfiction) 2015 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. Peace, Robert, 1980-2011. 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. 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg lcc BK 0 0 0 0 RR BJB BJB APT 2019-02-12 0 E 185.97 H682s 2014 00000127415 2019-02-12 00:00:00 1 2019-02-12 BK