Gold Out of Celebes

"Gold Out of Celebes" by Aylward Edward Dingle is an early 20th-century adventure novel that throws readers into the life of Captain Jack Barry, a sailor down on his luck in Batavia after his ship sinks. Barry’s fortunes shift when a chance meeting with a salesman named Tom Little presents him with an opportunity to captain a brigantine on a secretive mission to investigate a potential gold strike in Celebes. The story begins with Barry struggling with unemployment, but quickly turns to adventure when Little tasks him with looking into a trader named Gordon, who is thought to be dealing with stolen gold dust. As Barry sails into danger he transforms, navigating both the dangerous seas and the complicated relationships with intriguing characters like the mysterious Mrs. Goring and a local Malay named Mindjee in a grand adventure.