The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace (51 page)

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Hobbs, Jeff.
The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace : a brilliant young man who left Newark for the Ivy League / Jeff Hobbs.
pages cm
1. Peace, Robert, 1980–2010. 2. Hobbs, Jeff, 1980—Friends and associates. 3. Yale University—Alumni and alumnae—Biography. 4. Working-class African American college graduates—Biography. 6. Drug dealers—New Jersey—Biography. I. Title E185.97.P38H63 2014
974.9'044092—dc23 2014001213
[B]

ISBN 978-1-4767-3190-2
ISBN 978-1-4767-3192-6 (ebook)

Photograph credits: p. 1 courtesy of Jackie Peace, 1985; p. 74 courtesy of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Elementary School; p. 75 courtesy of Jackie Peace, 1996; p. 122 courtesy of Curtis Gamble, 1998; p. 123 courtesy of Yesenia Vasquez, 2001; p. 202 courtesy of Danny Nelson, 2002; p. 203 courtesy of Adam Stockett, 2005; p. 284 courtesy of Curtis Gamble, 2003; p. 285 courtesy of Hrvoje Dundovic, 2010; p. 332 courtesy of Curtis Gamble, 2003; p. 333 courtesy of Yesenia Vasquez, 2009; p. 402 courtesy of Jeff Hobbs, 2012.