The short and tragic life of Robert Peace : a brilliant young man who left Newark for the Ivy League
2015
Daisy Sound Recording
Biography of Robert Peace (1980-2011), a talented young African American man who escaped inner-city Newark for molecular biophysics and biochemistry studies at Yale University. Examines how Peace succumbed to the dangers of the streets when he returned home to teach at his former Catholic high school. Strong language and some violence. 2014.
Item Details
Edition: Daisy edition.
Description:
- 1 DAISY disc (audio (16 hours, 14 minutes)) : sound ; 12 cm
- digital DAISY
- audio file Daisy
Target Audience Note:
- Contains some violence. NLS/BPH
- Contains strong language. NLS/BPH
- Male narrator. NLS/BPH
Notes:
- Full audio with structure.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Access restricted to persons who are visually impaired or physically disabled and cannot use conventional print materials.
- Narrated by: John Polk.
- Digital talking book. 2 levels and 28 navigation points. Digitally mastered.
- Recorded from: First Scribner hardcover edition. New York : Scribner, 2014. 9781476731902
- DAISY 2.02 standard; MP3 compression at 32 kbps.
- System requirements: IBM PC or compatible; double speed or faster CD-ROM drive; sound card and sound output device; DAISY playback software or DAISY talking book player. Also plays in CD-MP3 player or computer with MP3-capable software.
LCCN: 2014993943
Control Number: 3180579
Publisher: Washington, D.C. : National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress, 2015.Subjects:
- African American college graduates -- Biography.
- Daisy talking books.
- Drug dealers -- New Jersey -- Biography.
- Hobbs, Jeff, 1980- -- Friends and associates.
- Peace, Robert, 1980-2011.
- Working class African Americans -- Biography.
- Yale University -- Alumni and alumnae -- Biography.
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