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03660aim a22004335a 4500 001 1C265924D40A11E797AD6B4797128E48 003 SILO 005 20171128010108 006 m o h 007 sz zunnnnnuned 007 cr nnannnuuuua 008 161113s2014 xxunnn es z n eng d 020 $a 144238042X (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) 020 $a 9781442380424 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) 028 42 $a MWT11752630 040 $a Midwest $d SILO 082 04 $a 974.9/044092 $2 23 100 1 $a Hobbs, Jeff, $d 1980- $e author. 245 14 $a The short and tragic life of Robert Peace: $b a brilliant young man who left Newark for the Ivy League $h [electronic resource] / $c Jeff Hobbs. 250 $a Unabridged. 260 $a [United States] : $b Simon & Schuster Audio : $c 2014. 300 $a 1 online resource (1 audio file (13hr., 21 min.)) : $b digital. 506 $a Digital content provided by hoopla. 511 0 $a Read by George Newbern. 520 $a A heartfelt, and riveting biography of 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. 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 poverty, the challenges of single motherhood, and the struggle to find male role models in a community where a man is more likely to go to prison than to college. It's about reaching one's greatest potential and taking responsibility for your family no matter the cost. 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 heartbreaking and powerful and unforgettable. 538 $a Mode of access: World Wide Web. 600 10 $a Peace, Robert, $d 1980-2011. 600 10 $a Hobbs, Jeff, $d 1980- $x Friends and associates. 610 20 $a Yale University $x Alumni and alumnae $v Biography. 650 0 $a Working class African Americans $v Biography. 650 0 $a African American college graduates $v Biography. 650 0 $a Drug dealers $z New Jersey $v Biography. 700 1 $a Newbern, George, $d 1964- $e narrator. 710 2 $a hoopla digital. 856 40 $u https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/11752630 $z Instantly available on hoopla. 856 42 $z Cover image $u https://d2snwnmzyr8jue.cloudfront.net/sas_9781442380424_180.jpeg 941 $a 1 952 $l GFPE771 $d 20171128013709.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=1C265924D40A11E797AD6B4797128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search