In Search of El Dorado: A Wanderer's Experiences by Alexander MacDonald is about the experiences of a group of American travelers in West Australia on their quest for riches. The lively novel about their dangerous and exciting expedition includes historical photos and diction accurate to the time. Excerpt: "I restrained my companions with difficulty from rushing at him to choke back the objectionable epithet; then an idea struck me. I wanted "Cap" Campbell and Mackay, my adjoining burrowers in the frozen gravel, to accompany me; they had shared with us the plodding uncertainty of things at Skookum Gulch..."