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The short and tragic life of Robert Peace : a brilliant young man who left Newark for the Ivy League  Cover Image Book Book

The short and tragic life of Robert Peace : a brilliant young man who left Newark for the Ivy League / Jeff Hobbs.

Hobbs, Jeff, 1980- (Author).

Summary:

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.

Record details

  • Physical Description: xii, 406 pages, 13 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
  • Edition: First Scribner trade paperback edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Scribner, 2015.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Unnumbered sequence contains "A Scribner reading group guide."
Subject: 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.
Genre: Biographies.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Kirtland Community College.

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Kirtland Community College Library E 185.97 .P43 H63 2015 30775305524168 General Collection Available -

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