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The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace: A Brilliant Young Man Who Left Newark for the Ivy League

byJeff Hobbs

The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace examines a Brilliant Young Man Who Left Newark for the Ivy League, combining Jeff Hobbs's clear narrative with the perspective of a biographical portrait. The book builds its explanation through key episodes, competing interests, and the setting supplied by the connected fields of biography & autobiography and social science. Specific examples keep the larger argument tangible and reveal why familiar explanations do not always account for the full story. The book ultimately clarifies what made these developments possible, who experienced their effects, and why the story remains significant.

Publisher

Simon & Schuster, Limited

Publication date

2015

Format

Print edition

Pages

432

ISBN

9781476731919