The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace A Brilliant Young Man Who Left Newark for the Ivy League |
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| Author:
| Hobbs, Jeff |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4104-7719-4 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2015 |
| Publisher: | Cengage Gale
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $32.99 |
Book Description:
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A New York Times BestsellerNamed a Best Book of the YearOn arriving at Yale‚ Jeff Hobbs became fast friends with the man who would be his roommate for four years. Robert Peace's life had been rough‚ living in poverty with his mother in 1980s Newark‚ his father in jail. But he was a brilliant student‚ and it was supposed to get easier. It didn't. In an honest rendering of Robert's relationships in two fiercely insular worlds‚ Hobbs encompasses the most...
More DescriptionA New York Times BestsellerNamed a Best Book of the YearOn arriving at Yale‚ Jeff Hobbs became fast friends with the man who would be his roommate for four years. Robert Peace's life had been rough‚ living in poverty with his mother in 1980s Newark‚ his father in jail. But he was a brilliant student‚ and it was supposed to get easier. It didn't. In an honest rendering of Robert's relationships in two fiercely insular worlds‚ Hobbs encompasses the most enduring conflicts in America.