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Jeff Hobbs The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace (Paperback)

Description: Further DetailsTitle: The Short and Tragic Life of Robert PeaceCondition: NewEAN: 9781476731919ISBN: 9781476731919Publisher: ScribnerFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 09/10/2015Item Height: 213mmItem Length: 140mmItem Width: 30mmItem Weight: 363gAuthor: Jeff HobbsLanguage: EnglishSubtitle: A Brilliant Young Man Who Left Newark for the Ivy LeagueISBN-10: 1476731918Description: When author Jeff Hobbs arrived at Yale University, he became fast friends with the man who would be his college roommate for four years, Robert Peace. Robert's life was rough from the beginning in the crime-ridden streets of Newark in the 1980s, with his father in jail and his mother earning less than $15,000 a year. But Robert was a brilliant student, and it was supposed to get easier when he was accepted to Yale, where he studied molecular biochemistry and biophysics. But it didn't get easier. Robert carried with him the difficult dual nature of his existence, "fronting" in Yale, and at home. Through an honest rendering of Robert's relationships-with his struggling mother, with his incarcerated father, with his teachers and friends and fellow drug dealers-The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace encompasses the most enduring conflicts in America: race, class, drugs, community, imprisonment, education, family, friendship, and love. It's about the collision of two fiercely insular worlds-the ivy-covered campus of Yale University and Newark, New Jersey, and the difficulty of going from one to the other and then back again. It's about trying to live a decent life in America. But most all the story is about the tragic life of one singular brilliant young man. His end, a violent one, is heart-breaking and powerful and unforgettable.Country/Region of Manufacture: USGenre: BiographyType: Social SciencesRelease Year: 2015 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.

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Book Title: The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace

Title: The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace

EAN: 9781476731919

ISBN: 9781476731919

Release Date: 09/10/2015

Release Year: 2015

Subtitle: A Brilliant Young Man Who Left Newark for the Ivy League

ISBN-10: 1476731918

Country/Region of Manufacture: US

Genre: Biography

Number of Pages: 432 Pages

Publication Name: Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace : a Brilliant Young Man Who Left Newark for the Ivy League

Language: English

Publisher: Scribner

Item Height: 1.1 in

Subject: Cultural Heritage, Social Classes & Economic Disparity, General, Higher, Ethnic Studies / African American Studies

Publication Year: 2015

Type: Textbook

Item Weight: 12 Oz

Item Length: 8.4 in

Author: Jeff Hobbs

Subject Area: True Crime, Social Science, Education, Biography & Autobiography

Item Width: 5.5 in

Format: Trade Paperback

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