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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
 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  92 PEACE    Check Shelf
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Biographies  92 BIOGRAPHY PEACE    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  B PEACE, ROBERT    Check Shelf
 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Adult Department  B PEACE ROBERT H    Check Shelf
 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Workroom  B PEACE ROBERT H    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  B PEACE, ROBERT    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  B PEACE, ROBERT    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Biography  B PEACE    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  974.9044 HOB    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  92 PEACE, ROB    Check Shelf

Edition First Scribner hardcover edition.
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.
Subject 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.
Added Title Robert Peace : a brilliant young man who left Newark for the Ivy League
ISBN 9781476731902
147673190X
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