| 词条 | Compass in the Blood |
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| name = Compass in the Blood | title_orig = | translator = | image = Compass in the Blood.jpg| caption = | author = William E. Coles, Jr. | cover_artist = | country = United States | language = English | series = | genre = Novel | publisher = Atheneum Books | release_date = 2001 | media_type = Print (hardback) | pages = 272 pp | isbn = 0-689-83181-1 | oclc = 43798298 | preceded_by = Another Kind of Monday | followed_by = }} Compass in the Blood is a young-adult novel by the American writer William E. Coles, Jr. (1932–2005) set in 1990s Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. SynopsisIt tells the story of Dee Armstrong, a freshman journalism student at the University of Pittsburgh, who is inspired to investigate one of the city's most notorious crimes. In 1902 Kate Soffel, the wife of the warden of the Allegheny County Jail, conducted an adulterous affair with a prisoner, Ed Biddle, and helped him and his brother Jack in a daring jailbreak.[1] References1. ^{{cite journal | title = Compass in the Blood (2001), Publishers Weekly, 2001. |isbn=0689831811 }} {{Portal|Children and Young Adult Literature}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Compass In The Blood}} 2 : 2001 American novels|Novels set in Pittsburgh |
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