Indiana Jones describes his early life with his family and his dog. In Oxford 1908, Indy met Helen Seymour whom Henry requested to teach him on their voyage to Egypt. After an expedition to the pyramids, T. E. Lawrence invited Indy to the excavation of Ka's tomb. The next day, Rashid was found murdered and the jackal head piece stolen.

Indy travels of Morocco with his family and befriends a slave boy named Omar. The two adventure off into the city of Tangiers where they are kidnapped and forced into the slave trade.

Professor Indiana Jones visits the Metropolitan Foundation for Educational Quality where the Annual Celebrity tennis shoe auction and diner is being held. He begins to entertain the snobby people at his table by recounting a safari to British East Africa in 1909. There, Indy became determined to find the fabled Fringe-Eared Oryx for former US President Teddy Roosevelt. He befriended Meto, a Massai boy around the same age as himself at the time. Despite their language barrier, they find out where to find the last remaining Oryx.

Indiana gets involved in a quarrel between Degas and young Pablo Picasso in Paris, 1908. While there, Indy befriended a young American boy named Norman Rockwell and together they learned to appreciate the nuances of modern art.

The nine-year-old Indy meets young Princess Sophie of Austria-Hungary. In love for the first time, he asks the advice of eminent psychology professors Sigmund Freud, Karl Jung and Alfred Adler then runs the gauntlet against her disapproving father, Archduke Franz Ferdinand.

Italian composer Giacomo Puccini becomes infatuated with Anna, Indy's mother, and pursues her romantically.

Indy and his father travel through Greece and get into a bind in the monasteries of Meteora then in Russia Indy meets Leo Tolstoy.

The Joneses go to India where Indy meets the young Krishnamurti and Miss Seymour has strong disagreements with the Theosophical Society's Annie Besant.

In China, Indy and his mother with tutor Miss Seymour venture into the Chinese countryside. The young Indy falls dangerously ill but there is no medical help other than the traditional Chinese medical practitioners in the area.

Indy is still in high school but during his spring break becomes involved in the theft of Thomas Edison's plans for an electric car.

In Mexico 1916, Indy was captured by Mexican revolutionaries, but was rescued by a Belgian called Remy. As Indy got involved in the war, he recognised Dimitrius, who was collaborating with the US. After hearing how hypocritical the revolutionaries act, Indy and Remy decided to leave but not before Indy fought Dimitrius to defeat and recovered the jackal.

In 1916 Indy and Remy worked on board a ship as they sailed to Ireland from Mexico on their way to London to join the war. In Dublin, Indy meets a girl called Maggie, her brother Sean Lemass and her friend Nuala and he also learns some things from a local playwright Seán O'Casey. Indy and Sean took a dislike to each other even after Maggie dumped him when she finds out Indy is not an American millionaire after all, and Indy gets into a fight with Sean, but they became friends when they saw the pointlessness of fighting. The Easter Rebellion breaks out and, though most of the rebels are shot, Sean is imprisoned.

The 93-year old Indiana Jones recounts to his colleague his meeting once with a feisty suffragette. In London 1916 the 16-year old Indy decides to join his friend Remy in the Belgian army under the nom de guerre Henri Defense. That night, while waiting for basic training to begin, Indy meets a bus conductor called Vicky who invites him to a suffragette meeting on women's campaign for equal pay. After the meeting Indy goes out for tea with Vicky where he shows his knowledge of many languages to Vicky. Indy invites Vicky to go with him to Oxford to meet his old tutor Miss Seymour. At a dinner, Winston Churchill and Miss Seymour voice different views about suffragettes that Vicky finds unacceptable. Indy and Vicky spend a romantic time together and visit Vicky's parents who live nearby to Oxford. Back in London and due to ship off to basic training Indy is about to propose to Vicky. However, due to complications Vicky did not wish to marry Indy despite her feelings. Indy said farewell to Miss Seymour and Vicky before boarding the train to France with Remy.