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

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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 f...

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Main Author: Hobbs, Jeff, 1980- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Scribner, 2014.
Edition:First Scribner hardcover edition.
Subjects:
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.
Slums > New Jersey > Biography.
Drug dealers > New Jersey > Biography.
Newark (N.J.) > Biography.
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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.
Physical Description:viii, 406 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:147673190X (hardcover)
9781476731902 (hardcover)
1476731918 (pbk.)
9781476731919 (pbk.)
Author Notes:Jeff Hobbs is the New York Times bestselling author of The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace , which won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, was a finalist for the Pen/Faulkner Award in Biography, was a finalist for the Carnegie Medal in nonfiction, and was made into the film Rob Peace. His most recent book, Seeking Shelter , won the J. Anthony Lukas Prize and the California Book Award for nonfiction, and was named a best book of the year by The New Yorker . He has taught nonfiction writing at Yale University, was a Guggenheim Fellow, and is also the author of Show Them You're Good and Children of the State . He lives in Los Angeles with his family.

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