Research Catalog

Title

Why did it have to be snakes? : from science to the supernatural, the many mysteries of Indiana Jones / Lois H. Gresh and Robert Weinberg.

Author

Gresh, Lois H.

Publication

Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, c2008.

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Additional Authors

Weinberg, Robert E.

Description

vii, 264 p.; 24 cm.

Summary

Explores the scientific, historical, and cultural facts behind the Indiana Jones movies, discussing real-life archeologists and their adventures, the uses of bullwhips, and the connection between Nazis and the occult.

Subject

• Indiana Jones films > Miscellanea
• Archaeology > Miscellanea
• Archaeologists > Miscellanea
• Jones, Indiana (Fictitious character) > Miscellanea

Genre/Form

Trivia and miscellanea

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-255) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

1 Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark 5 -- Hovitos Temple and the Golden Idol -- Deadly Tarantulas -- Gigantic Rolling Boulders -- South American Indian Weapons: Poison Darts and Bows and Arrows -- Archaeology and Real-Life Archaeologists -- Bullwhips -- Fedoras -- Leather Jackets -- Nazis and the Occult -- Ark of the Covenant -- Staff of Ra -- Tanis, the Lost City of Ancient Egypt -- Well of Souls, Temples, and Map Rooms -- Deadly Snakes -- Pyramid Building -- Seaplanes and Luftwaffe Airplanes -- Cliff Roads Near Cairo -- Nazi U-Boats -- Secret German Submarine Bases -- Arcane Jewish Ceremonies and Sacred Breastplates -- Ark: A Telephone Link to God -- Top-Secret U.S. Archives -- 2 Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom 63 -- Giant Gongs in Club Obi-Wan -- Anything Goes -- Nurhachi -- Gigantic Diamonds -- Poisons and Their Antidotes -- Shanghai Mob -- Route from Shanghai to India -- Northern India and the Hindi Language -- Delhi, Pankot, and Indian Elephants -- Maharajah -- Monsoons -- Sivalinga and Shiva -- Three Lines of the Universe -- Giant Vampire Bats -- Baboons in India -- Giant Owls of India -- Big Reptiles of India -- Snake Charmers -- Mutiny of 1857 -- Why Did It Have to Be Snake Surprise? -- Giant Insects -- Thuggees and Kali -- Ripping a Heart out of a Live Body -- Drinking Blood -- Zombies -- Voodoo Dolls -- Crocodiles -- 3 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 117 -- Utah, 1912, and the Boy Scouts -- Grave Robbers, Spanish Conquistadors, and the Cross of Coronado -- Circus Trains and Wild Animals -- Search for Facts, Not Truth -- Walter Donovan, American Nazi -- Holy Grail -- Rising Nazi Menace -- First Crusade -- Catacombs of Venice -- Rats -- Brotherhood of the Cruciform Sword -- Venice -- Book Burning -- Zeppelins -- Birds in the Skies -- Hatay -- Phantom II -- Temple of the Crescent Moon -- Jerusalem Cross and the Third Brother -- Cups of Kings and Carpenters -- Great Seal -- Grail Cross -- 4 Young Indiana Jones 183 -- Indy's First Adventure: Lawrence of Arabia and the Curse of King Tut -- Passion for Life: A Party in France, a Safari in Africa, a Romance in Vienna -- Travels with Father: Three Writers, a Boy Genius, and a Famous Scientist -- Spring Break Adventure: Prelude to War -- Trenches of Hell: The Horrors of War -- Phantom Train of Doom: At War in Africa -- Attack of the Hawkmen: Working with the French Secret Service -- Daredevils of the Desert: On the Edge of Africa -- Dracula and the Eye of the Peacock -- Winds of Change: Back in the United States -- Indy in Hollywood -- 5 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull 239 -- Secrets of the Real Crystal Skull Revealed.

ISBN

• 9780470225561 (pbk.)
• 0470225564 (pbk.)

LCCN

^^2007039346

OCLC

• 173509344
• SCSB-12369832

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library