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Chapter 1 MY FIRST ADVENTURE
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From the ancient pyramids
of Egypt to the exotic bazaars of Morocco, Indiana Jones finds
excitement, danger and adventure at every turn.
While on an archeological dig in Egypt's Valley of the Kings,
Indy uncovers an ancient mummy and a fresh corpse. With the
help of T.E. Lawrence, the legendary Lawrence of Arabia, Indy
solves an intriguing murder mystery only to find himself thrust
right back into danger when he is kidnapped by slave-trading
brigands. Dragged on a terrifying journey across the burning
sands of North Africa to the slave markets of Marrakesh, Indy
finds that he must rely on his courage and wits to survive the
brutal ordeal.
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Young Indiana Jones and the Curse of the Jackal - Part 1 |
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Chapter 2 PASSION FOR LIFE
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Young Indiana Jones meets the iconic artists Norman Rockwell,
Pablo Picasso, George Braque, Edgar Degas and Henri Rousseau
in Paris and later the 26th President of the United States,
Theodore Roosevelt while on safari in Kenya.
Nine-year-old Indy meets the young Norman Rockwell while visiting
the Louvre Museum in Paris. Norman offers to show Indy the
"real" artists' quarter in Paris, and the two set
off on an adventure in Montmartre. In a bohemian café,
they find themselves caught up in a humorous scheme of the
brash young artist Pablo Picasso to prove to the aging Edgar
Degas that Picasso can paint as well as Degas. The boys are
invited to the famous banquet at Picasso's studio in honor
of Henri Rousseau, and along the way they learn what Cubism
is all about.
A year later, Young Indy and his family meet Theodore Roosevelt,
former President of the United States, who is on safari in
British East Africa (now Kenya). Roosevelt is on an official
expedition sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution to collect
specimens for the National Museum in Washington. Indy befriends
a Massai boy and learns about the ecology chain from a Massai
elder. He helps locate a rare species of antelope that Roosevelt
is seeking, but also learns how the enthusiasm for hunting
causes the unnecessary slaughter of rare animals.
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Paris, September 1908
British East Africa, September 1909
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Chapter 3 THE PERILS OF CUPID
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Young Indiana Jones meets ones of the greatest opera composers
of all time, Giacomo Puccini and seeks love advice from none
other than Sigmund Freud.
Young Indy travels to Florence, Italy with his parents and
Helen Seymour, his tutor. Helen gives him lessons in physics,
with examples from Galileo and Leonardo da Vinci, along with
tours to see the splendors of Renaissance art. While Indy's
father is temporarily away, the family is charmed by the generous
attention of Italian opera composer Giacomo Puccini. Indy
is at first fascinated by the dynamic Puccini, but comes to
realize that Puccini's devotion to his mother is more than
mere courtesy. He is troubled by the turmoil it creates with
his mother's emotions.
On a visit to Vienna, young Indy and his family stay with
the American Ambassador in Austria during a flourishing cultural
period in the history of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. At the
Spanish Riding School, Indy meets Princess Sophie, the daughter
of the heir to the throne, Archduke Franz Ferdinand. He suffers
the pangs of first love when he realizes how impossible it
is to be friends with a royal princess. He is given some advice
on the meaning of love from the leaders of the new science
of psychology from its founding masters Sigmund Freud, Carl
Jung and Alfred Adler.
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Florence, May 1908
Vienna, November 1908
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Chapter 4 TRAVELS WITH FATHER
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For young Indiana Jones, a journey with his father always
leads to adventure.
A trip to Russia takes Indiana Jones from the opulent palaces
of the aristocracy to the fetid villages of the peasant class
when he runs away from home after an argument with his parents.
Joining up with novelist Leo Tolstoy, the two go on the road,
engaging in philosophical discussions and clashing with colorful
Gypsies and ferocious Cossacks. Realizing that there's no
place like home, Indy rejoins his mom and dad, and travels
with his father to an isolated Greek monastery perched high
on the peak of a mountain. The arduous journey, including
a harrowing trip in a tiny cage up a thousand-foot mountainside,
brings father and son closer together.
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Travels With Father
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Chapter 5 JOURNEY OF RADIANCE
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Indiana Jones faces death in this deeply moving story of
faith and trust.
A jaunt through the mystical Far East takes Indy to the Holy
City of Benares where he befriends the lonely and isolated
young leader of the Theosophy movement, Jiddu Krishnamurti.
Surrounded by supplicants and hangers-on, Krishnamurti struggles
to have faith in himself and to fulfill the destiny decreed
for him by his worshippers. In the process he shows Indy just
how strong the power of faith can be. Indy's mother also learns
a lesson in faith and trust when she must rely on some poor
Chinese villagers and their traditional medical techniques
to save the life of her son who lies perilously close to death
with typhoid fever.
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Benares, January 1910
Peking, March 1910
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Chapter 6 SPRING BREAK ADVENTURE
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| Indy and his girlfriend, Nancy Stratemeyer,
whose father created the Nancy Drew mystery series, visit the
fascinating laboratory of inventor Thomas Edison. The two must
contend with dangerous German spies as they struggle to keep
Edison's top-secret invention out of the hands of hostile enemy
agents. To keep him from getting into any more trouble, Indy
is sent to visit his aunt in New Mexico. While there, he is
kidnapped by Pancho Villa and swept up into the Mexican Revolution.
Chaotic, free-wheeling border towns, a "Wild Bunch"
style train robbery and a colorful barroom encounter with a
young George Patton make for thrilling entertainment in this
action-packed movie.
Featured:
Princeton, February 1916
Young Indiana Jones and the Curse of the Jackal - Part 2
Rating: 3/5
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Chapter 7 LOVE'S SWEET SONG
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Poets, playwrights, terrorists and Winston Churchill. Indiana
Jones finds that love and politics don't mix when he visits
the British Isles.
Landing in Ireland right before the Easter Rebellion, Indy
mixes romance and revolutionary politics when he falls for
a beautiful young Colleen whose brother is mixed up in the
Irish resistance movement. Across the waters in England he
encounters a similar problem when his love affair with a strong-willed
young woman is derailed by her fervent belief in the women's
suffrage movement and her need for independence. Violent street
brawls, a terrifying Zeppelin raid and a seriocomic dinner
party with Winston Churchill provide plenty of thrills in
this exciting romantic adventure. Stars Elizabeth Hurley and
Academy Award-winning actress Vanessa Redgrave.
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Ireland, April 1916
London, May 1916
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Chapter 8 THE TRENCHES OF HELL
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| Poison gas and prison camps bring home the
true horror of war to Indiana Jones in this powerful, dramatic
film.As a young soldier in the Belgian Army, Indy learns firsthand
the savagery of warfare while participating in the Battle of
the Somme. Almost succumbing to despair as his life becomes
an endless round of artillery barrages, nerve gas attacks and
decaying corpses, Indy fears that death will
be his only way out. Then he is captured by the Germans and
confined to a POW camp where he and fellow prisoner Charles
de Gaulle hatch a daring scheme to win their freedom in true
"Great Escape" style.
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Somme, Early August 1916 (1)
Germany, Mid-August 1916 (2)
Rating: 4/5
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Chapter 9 DEMONS OF DECEPTION
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Indiana Jones finds deception on the front lines and in the
bedroom dominating this sophisticated thought-provoking film.
Indy addresses the moral ambiguities of leadership when confronted
with win-at-any-cost military officials who have callous disregard
for the lives of the men they command. The gut-wrenching horror
of trench warfare, vividly depicted in harrowing battle scenes,
is contrasted when Indy goes on leave in Paris and engages
in a torrid affair with infamous spy Mata Hari. She shows
him that love, like war, can also be fraught with deception,
disillusionment and heartbreak.
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Verdun, September 1916
Paris, October 1916
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Chapter 10 PHANTOM TRAIN OF DOOM
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| Age is no barrier to adventure when Indiana
Jones and a group of elderly commandos take on a fiendishly
powerful weapon in war-torn Africa.Indy is ordered to locate
and destroy a powerful German artillery gun that is mysteriously
able to appear and disappear at will, leaving death and destruction
in its wake. Assisting him is a colorful group of soldiers nicknamed
"The Old and the Bold" because of their old age and reckless
courage. Their mission takes them on a dangerous journey across
the German-held veldt via wagon train and hot air balloon. Overcoming
all manner of obstacles presented by the enemy, his own side
and the harsh African terrain, Indy relentlessly follows the
trail of the mega-gun right into the bowels of a secret mountain
hideout where he plans an explosive end for the phantom train
of doom.
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Young Indiana Jones and the Phantom Train of Doom
Rating: 4/5
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Chapter 11 OGANGA: THE GIVER AND TAKER
OF LIFE
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| In a war-torn country, Indiana Jones finds
a wellspring of hope in the presence of one remarkable man.
On a vital military mission for the Allies, Indy comes across
a disease-ravaged African village and is able to rescue one
small child from certain death. The presence of the child endangers
the mission, leaving Indy in a moral quandary, forced to fight
his conscience, his sense of duty, his own men and the enemy
as he battles his way across country. Depressed by the turmoil
around him, Indy reaches his lowest point. Hope appears in the
presence of Albert Schweitzer, a profoundly inspiring and committed
doctor, philosopher and musician. Helping out at Schweitzer's
jungle hospital, Indy finds his faith in humanity restored and
his outlook on life forever changed in this beautiful and moving
film.
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German East Africa, December 1916
Congo, January 1917
Rating: 3/5
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Chapter 12 ATTACK OF THE HAWKMEN
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| Indiana Jones flies high with the Lafayette
Escadrille before being shot down by the infamous Red Baron
of Germany in this action-packed film. Working with the French
Secret Service, Indy joins the legendary Lafayette Escadrille
flying unit and embarks on dangerous airborne reconnaissance
missions behind enemy lines. A run-in with German Ace Manfred
von Richthofen leads to a death-defying dogfight that leaves
Indy grounded and hot-in-pursuit of German aircraft designer
Anthony Fokker. Undercover in hostile enemy territory, Indy
discovers that the Germans possess a remarkable secret weapon
that could change the course of the war and he resolves to bring
news of it back to the Allies... if he doesn't destroy it first.
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Young Indiana Jones Attack of the Hawkmen
Rating: 4/5
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Chapter 13 ADVENTURES IN THE SECRET SERVICE
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| It's spy vs. spy as Indiana Jones plays the
Great Game of Espionage from war-weary Austria to revolutionary
Russia.Indy finds that he must enlist the help of Habsburg royalty
when he embarks on a dangerous diplomatic mission through enemy-held
Europe into the palace of Emperor Karl of Austria. Endangering
his life and the lives of his royal charges, Indy gambles all
in a desperate attempt to bring the war more quickly to an end.
The story culminates in a spectacular cavalry charge by the
gallant soldiers of the Australian Light Horsemen Regiment whose
very survival hinges on the success of Indy's mission.
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Austria, March 1917
Barcelona, May 1917
Rating: 2/5
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Chapter 14 ESPIONAGE ESCAPADES
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Espionage, mayhem, ballet and bureaucracy. Indiana Jones
finds that he is surrounded by incompetence, buffoonery and
intrigue in this hilarious spy caper directed by and featuring
Terry Jones of the Monty Python comedy troupe.
Going undercover as a dancer for the Ballet Russe in Spain,
Indy meets an old friend, the flamboyant Pablo Picasso. Plotting
to discredit some German diplomats, Indy engages in a series
of comic misadventures with a trio of bumbling spies before
being shipped off to Prague on another mission. His assignment
is simple: get a telephone installed in his apartment and
wait for instructions. Yet, apathetic officials, mind-numbing
rules and infinite paperwork thwart Indy at every turn. Only
one man, Franz Kafka, offers him any assistance. This chapter
is a farcical take on the stereotypically suave portrayal
of espionage and pokes fun at the narrow-minded evil of bureaucracy,
which weaves its ineffectual web into an absurd straightjacket.
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Barcelona, May 1917
Prague, August 1917
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Chapter 15 DAREDEVILS OF THE DESERT
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| The lives of a regiment and the success of
the desert war rest on the shoulders of Indiana Jones in this
never-before-seen action adventure film. Receiving orders to
assist the British in an attack on the ancient Middle Eastern
desert town of Beersheba, Indy goes undercover with a beautiful
lady spy. Relying on his wits and her tantalizing skill at belly
dancing, the daring duo work desperately to defuse the explosives
placed in the city's vital water wells by the occupying Turks.
The story culminates in a spectacular cavalry charge by the
gallant soldiers of the Australian Light Horsemen Regiment whose
very survival hinges on the success of Indy's mission.
Featured:
Palestine, October 1917
Rating: 4/5
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Chapter 16 TALES OF INNOCENCE
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| Romantic misadventures abound when Indiana
Jones joins the French Foreign Legion. In Italy, Indy's espionage
work takes him behind enemy lines where he embarks on an important
propaganda assignment that he hopes will bring a swift end to
the war. Along the way, he engages in a comic rivalry with Ernest
Hemingway over the affections of a beautiful Italian girl. Evil
of a more enduring kind awaits him in Transylvania where he
engages in mortal combat with bloodthirsty Vlad the Impaler
and his horrific army of the living dead. With his very life
at stake, Indy must garner all his strength and wits in order
to defeat the fiend and save mankind.
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Northern Italy, June 1918
Rating: 4/5
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Chapter 17 MASKS OF EVIL
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| Indiana Jones finds that the face of evil is
not always human in this terrifying, supernatural story. A top
secret mission for French Intelligence brings Indy to Istanbul
during the first world war. Exploring the city's dark and dangerous
streets, he is thrust into a web of betrayal and murder when
he discovers a vile Turkish plot to assassinate French espionage
agents. Evil of a more enduring kind awaits him in Transylvania
where he engages in mortal combat with bloodthirsty Vlad the
Impaler and his horrific army of the living dead. With his very
life at stake, Indy must garner all his strength and wits in
order to defeat the fiend and save mankind.
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Transylvania, January 1918
Istanbul, September 1918
Rating: 5/5
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Chapter 18 TREASURE OF THE PEACOCK'S
EYE
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| In this swashbuckling mystery adventure, Indiana
Jones vagabonds around the South Pacific on a treasure hunt
for a fabled lost diamond. The war in Europe ends but a new
adventure begins for Indy when a mysterious man's dying words,
"The eye of the peacock!" send him and Remy on a thrilling treasure
hunt for one of Alexander the Great's most treasured possessions.
Pursued by a dangerous one-eyed man, Indy follows the trail
of the diamond from London to Alexandria to the South Seas where
he has a run-in with a murderous band of Chinese pirates. The
shipboard battle that ensues is a spectacular display of swords,
guns and flying fists. Marooned by the pirates on a remote desert
island, Indy is captured by savage headhunters, but before they
can turn him into a shrunken head and cannibal stew, he is rescued
by anthropologist Bronislaw Malinowski and makes a life-altering
decision.
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The Young Indiana Jones Treasure of the Peacock's Eye
Rating: 5/5
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Chapter 19 THE WINDS OF CHANGE
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Duplicitous politicians, self-serving statesmen and bigotry
in the halls of academia await Indiana Jones as he moves from
the glittering world of the Paris Peace Conference to the
serene campus of Princeton University.
Working as a translator in Paris brings Indy in contact with
T.E. Lawrence, Prince Faisal of Arabia, and Ho Chi Minh. The
brutality of realpolitik devastates the idealistic young Indy,
and he returns home only to discover the ugly face of bigotry
as encountered by his boyhood friend, actor Paul Robeson.
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Paris, May 1919
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Chapter 20 MYSTERY OF THE BLUES
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| It's bathtub gin, smoky jazz clubs and bullet-ridden
corpses as Indy comes on like gangbusters in prohibition-era
Chicago. Going to college and working in a seedy speakeasy bring
Indy into contact with jazz great Sidney Bechet who teaches
him how to play the blues. Unfortunately, he also crosses paths
with up-and-coming thug Al Capone and it's only with the assistance
of his dorm roommate, future Untouchable Eliot Ness, that Indy
is able to solve a vicious murder and prevent himself from ending
up in a pair of cement overshoes.
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Young Indiana Jones and the Mystery of the Blues
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Chapter 21 SCANDAL OF THE 1920'S
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In this classic musical comedy, Indiana Jones hits the Big
Apple in style.
In New York City, Indy covers a lot of ground as he stage-manages
a Broadway musical, attends the parties with Fifth Avenue
high society, reads poetry with Greenwich Village bohemians
and trades barbs with the literary wits of the Algonquin Round
Table. Composer George Gershwin accompanies Indy in his adventures
as he attempts to insure that the show goes on despite temperamental
stars, malfunctioning props and the fact that he's dating
three very different women at the same time.
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Young Indiana Jones and the Scandal of 1920
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Chapter 22 HOLLYWOOD FOLLIES
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| Indiana Jones takes on his most ruthless and
cunning foes, Hollywood studio executives, in this nostalgic
and exciting tribute to a bygone era. While working for a Hollywood
movie studio, Indy finds that he is no match for the wily megalomaniacal
director Erich von Stroheim when the two lock horns over the
ever increasing budget of Stroheim's film "Foolish Wives." Though
battered by the film industry, Indy decides to give it one more
chance and goes on a location shoot with legendary director
John Ford. Ford and his cronies, including aging gunman Wyatt
Earp, help him to see the magic of movies and moviemaking, and
when an actor is accidentally killed, Indy pitches in to save
the film.
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Young Indiana Jones and the Hollywood Follies
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| The complete adventures of Indiana Jones based
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