Safari Sleuth is the third young adult adaptation of The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles published by Random House. Released in 1992, the book adapted the episode "British East Africa, September 1909".
Publisher's summary[]
Indy stalks adventure!
Camping out in a tent in the African bush, being taught to shoot by ex-president Theodore Roosevelt, escaping 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 determinded 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 take 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"!
Appearances[]
Characters[]
- Indiana Jones
- Meto
- Theodore Roosevelt
- Henry Walton Jones, Senior
- Kermit Roosevelt
- Richard Medlicot
- Edmund Heller
- Helen Margaret Seymour
- Laibon
- Shakespeare (Mentioned only)
- Homer (Mentioned only)
- Indiana (Mentioned only)
- Shelley (Mentioned only)
- Longfellow (Mentioned only)
- Poe (Mentioned only)
- Euripides (Mentioned only)
- Dickens (Mentioned only)
- Bret Harte (Mentioned only)
- Mark Twain (Mentioned only)
Locations[]
- British East Africa
- Mombasa
- Rift Valley
- Southern Game Reserve
- Kapiti Plains
- Egypt (Mentioned only)
- Garden of Eden (Mentioned only)
- Harvard University (Mentioned only)
- Paris (Mentioned only)
- Vienna (Mentioned only)
- Washington DC (Mentioned only)
- National Museum (Mentioned only)
Creatures[]
- Buffalo (Mentioned only)
- Dog (Mentioned only)
- Grant's gazelle (Mentioned only)
- Fringe-eared Oryx
- Lion
- Saddle-backed lechwe (Mentioned only)
- Thomson's gazelle (Mentioned only)
- Viper
- Warthog (Mentioned only)
- Zebra (Mentioned only)
Items[]
- Holy Grail (Mentioned only)
- Fox Number Twelve shotgun
- Indiana Jones' journal
Events[]
- World lecture tour
- Smithsonian–Roosevelt African Expedition
- Spanish-American War (Mentioned only)