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The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
(1992 — 1996)
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THE YOUNG INDIANA JONES CHRONICLES
60 Minute Drama
Action / Adventure

ORIGINAL TRANSMISSION
1992 — 1996

BROADCASTER
ABC

SEASONS / EPISODES
3 Seasons / 44 Episodes

A series that explains its exact nature in its title — the early adventures of future archaeologist Indiana Jones.

The high production values failed to mask what was often rather pedestrian story-telling.
Novelisations
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles: The Mata Hari Affair

The Mata Hari Affair cover image
by James Luceno
  • United States
  • Paperback
  • Ballantine Books
  • 1993
Novelised Episode
Paris, October 1916
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles: The Mummy's Curse

The Mummy's Curse cover image
by Megan Stine and William H Stine
  • United States
  • Paperback
  • Random House
  • 1992
  • Book Number: #1
Novelised Episode
Egypt, May 1908
Back Cover Blurb
WHO DARES DISTURB THE PEACE OF THE MUMMY?

Young Indiana Jones, that's who! He's been to the pyramids, he's travelled up the Nile to the Valley of the Kings, and now he's ready to enter a newly found tomb. But what about the curse over the tomb door? It promises fiery death to intruders!

Indy survives, but the night guard isn't so lucky. His scorched body is discovered the next morning. Did the angry mummy exact its revenge? Or did someone alive and well have a motive for murder? Indy's determined to find out!

Young Indiana Jones — you've seen him on TV in The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, traveling the world as a kid and a teen, encountering some of the best minds and biggest events in history. Now read about his first archaeological adventure, based on the television film Young Indiana Jones and the Curse of the Jackal!
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles: Field of Death

Field of Death cover image
by Les Martin
  • United States
  • Paperback
  • Random House
  • 1992
  • Book Number: #2
Novelised Episode
Verdun, September 1916
Back Cover Blurb
Young Indiana Jones
will do anything
to be where the action is!


A new name, a new birth date, a new identity get him to France and right into the thick of World War I.

As Corporal Henri Defense, a Belgian courier, Indy carries messages between two different wars. The safe war at staff headquarters, where generals plan battles on maps. And the real war in the trenches of Verdun, where soldiers die in appalling numbers.

Indy is horrified by what he sees. And he's desperate when he learns his wounded buddy, Remy, is being sent back to the trenches. How can he save Remy from certain death?

Young Indiana Jones — you've seen him on TV in The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, traveling the world as a kid and a teen, encountering some of the best minds and biggest events in history. Now read about him as he defies the dangers of World War I, based on the television episode "Verdun, September 1916!"
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles: Safari Sleuth

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by Al Singer
  • United States
  • Paperback
  • Random House
  • 1992
  • Book Number: #3
Novelised Episode
British East Africa, September 1909
Back Cover Blurb
Indy stalks adventure!

Camping out in a tent in the African bush, being taught to shoot by ex-president Theodore Roosevelt, escaping from a hungry lion, and eating fried wildebeest... What ten-year-old boy could ask for more?

Young Indiana Jones could? Sure, he's having a great time, but when he hears about the fringe-eared oryx — a rare breed of antelope that Roosevelt just can't seem to find — he's determined to track it down!

What Indy doesn't bargain for is the mystery surrounding the oryx, the danger involved in finding it, or just how far his search will carry him...

Young Indiana Jones — you've seen him on TV in The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, traveling the world as a kid and a teen, encountering some of the best minds and biggest events in history. Now read about his African safari adventure, based on the television episode "British East Africa, September 1909!"
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles: The Secret Peace

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by William McCay
  • United States
  • Paperback
  • Random House
  • 1992
  • Book Number: #4
Novelised Episode
Austria, March 1917
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles: Trek of Doom

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by Les Martin
  • United States
  • Paperback
  • Random House
  • 1992
  • Book Number: #5
Novelised Episodes
German East Africa, December 1916
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles: Revolution!

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by Gavin Scott
  • United States
  • Paperback
  • Random House
  • 1992
  • Book Number: #6
Novelised Episode
Petrograd, July 1917
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles: Race to Danger

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by Stephanie Calmenson
  • United States
  • Paperback
  • Random House
  • 1993
  • Book Number: #7
Novelised Episode
Princeton, February 1916
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles: Prisoner of War

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by Les Martin
  • United States
  • Paperback
  • Random House
  • 1993
  • Book Number: #8
Novelised Episodes
The Somme, August 1916 / Germany, August 1916