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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 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Chronicles the life of Peace, who was born in a Newark, N.J., ghetto to an impoverished single mom and a father who went to prison for murder. Thanks to his mother's sacrifices and his extraordinary intellect he went to Yale and got a biology degree, but when he returned to Newark after college, he became a drug dealer and was eventually shot to death by rivals. Writing with novelistic detail and deep insight, Hobbs, who was Peace's roommate at Yale, reveals a man whose singular experience and charisma made him simultaneously an outsider and a leader in both New Haven and Newark. This is a classic tragedy of a man who, with the best intentions, chooses an ineluctable path to disaster.

ISBN: 9781476731902

Subjects--Personal Names:
Peace, Robert (1980-2011.)

Subjects--Corporate Names:
Yale University

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Working class African Americans----Biography
African American college graduates----Biography
Drug dealers

LC Class. No.: E185.97.P38 / H63 2014

Dewey Class. No.: 92 PEA