01521cam a2200349 i 4500 199953418 TxAuBib 20150113120000.0 140131s2014||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2014001213 9781476731902 hbk. $27.00 147673190X hbk. $27.00 TxAuBib rda Hobbs, Jeff, 1980- The short and tragic life of Robert Peace : a brilliant young man who left Newark for the Ivy League / Jeff Hobbs. Robert Peace : a brilliant young man who left Newark for the Ivy League. First Scribner hardcover ed. (black spine, tan letters.) New York : Scribner, 2014. viii, 406 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier 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. 20150113. 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. TXMLR