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The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles: TV #2
Field of Death
Serving as a front-line courier during World War I, seventeen-year-old Indiana Jones is shocked to find French generals sending their men out on hopeless missions and decides to try to stop the waste of human life. Simultaneous.
112 pages, Paperback
Published May 26, 1992
About the author
Les Martin
55 books7 followersLes Martin has written dozens of books for young readers, including the RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK and INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM movie storybooks, and many Young Indiana Jones middle-grade novels. He has also adapted many classic works of fiction for young readers, including THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS, EDGAR ALLAN POE'S TALES OF TERROR, and THE VAMPIRE. Mr. Martin is a resident of New York City.
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August 23, 2016
Echt geen leuk verhaal - hoe kan het ook met zo'n onderwerp. Een harde, gruwelijke beschrijving van "de groote oorlog", de slag bij Verdun. Historisch zeker verantwoord alhoewel niet altijd correct. Indiana speelt zijn heldenrol maar je voelt gans de tekst door dat wat hij ook doet, het toch maar een druppel op een gloeiende plaat zal zijn. Daarvoor is het drama té groot, té verschrikkelijk. Wel een echte aanrader voor jongeren die meer willen/zouden moeten weten over wat er echt in die oorlog gebeurde, het verschil tussen de frontsoldaten en de generaals. En dat zonder een echt geschiedenisboek te moeten vastnemen. Erg donkere sfeer maar duidelijke omschrijvingen van de omgeving, het front, de levensomstandigheden, de wanhoop, ...
May 21, 2023
Mi piaceva molto il telefilm “Le avventure del Giovane Indiana Jones”. Facevo le medie, e lo adoravo davvero, specie gli episodi con l’Indy un po’ più grande. Non so che effetto mi farebbe ora rivederlo, ma, insomma, parliamo sempre di George Lucas, brutto brutto non sarà. I libri… bè… a questo qui ho dato due stelle. Ero indecisa se dargliene 3, perché alla fine è una lettura piacevole. Ma onestamente devo dire che lo è perché racconta una puntata del telefilm, si per sé il libro non è un granché, banalino nelle descrizioni, specie di sentimenti ed emozioni, la scrittura un po’ ingenua (o forse è la traduzione, questo non saprei dirlo!), ma è una precisa trasposizione dell’episodio, almeno a quel che ricordo.
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January 20, 2024
The problem wasn't the story really.
It was a bit ham-fisted about war being hell.
And over double underlining the stupidity of the french
generals.
Kind of ends on a non ending
It was a bit ham-fisted about war being hell.
And over double underlining the stupidity of the french
generals.
Kind of ends on a non ending
August 4, 2016
Danger, close-calls, pranks, friendship and real history
I read this book aloud together with my 15 year old, who has been generally bored with every other book I've tried lately. We both loved this book. It was an interesting story with both danger, close-calls, pranks and friendship. It also gave us some insight into World War I - both through the story (with Indy interacting with real generals from history) and through the "historical note" chapter at the end of the book. The book is based on the tv episode "Verdun, September 1916."
Here's the description from the back of the book:
"Young Indiana Jones will do anything to be where the action is!
"A new name, a new birth date, a new identity to 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?"
***
And here's the description from the inside cover:
"What is Indiana Jones doing in Verdun in September 1916?
"Indy's pal Remy enlists in the Belgian army to fight the Germans and is sent to France. Indy goes with him... And not just for the ride!
Come along with Indy to the battlegrounds of World War I, where his courage and daring are tested as never before! Meet the famous generals who call the shots. And the ordinary soldiers who fire them."
I read this book aloud together with my 15 year old, who has been generally bored with every other book I've tried lately. We both loved this book. It was an interesting story with both danger, close-calls, pranks and friendship. It also gave us some insight into World War I - both through the story (with Indy interacting with real generals from history) and through the "historical note" chapter at the end of the book. The book is based on the tv episode "Verdun, September 1916."
Here's the description from the back of the book:
"Young Indiana Jones will do anything to be where the action is!
"A new name, a new birth date, a new identity to 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?"
***
And here's the description from the inside cover:
"What is Indiana Jones doing in Verdun in September 1916?
"Indy's pal Remy enlists in the Belgian army to fight the Germans and is sent to France. Indy goes with him... And not just for the ride!
Come along with Indy to the battlegrounds of World War I, where his courage and daring are tested as never before! Meet the famous generals who call the shots. And the ordinary soldiers who fire them."
September 6, 2016
Dismal tale of life in the WW I trenches as seen by a young Indiana Jones. If the story does its part to get the message across that "War is Hell" then it's worth the reading time. Personally I like lighter fare and found the other installments in this series more appealing.
This is well researched, fact based fiction and the reading list provided at the end make it a good educational choice.
This is well researched, fact based fiction and the reading list provided at the end make it a good educational choice.
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