The short and tragic life of Robert Peace :

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. - viii, 406 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references.

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.

9781476731902 (hardcover) 147673190X (hardcover)

2014001213


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.

E185.97.P38 / H63 2014

974.9/044092 B