Dorado And Other Pursuits

Evan S. Connell explores the quixotic obsession with the new, the hidden, the unattainable that burns in an individual''s soul.

Each essay is an extraordinary account of passionate pursuit by legendary explorers, visionaries, and seekers compelled by a singular desire. Here we find Marco Polo, El Dorado, Paracelsus, Columbus, the thousands of children in the Innocents'' Crusade, Magellan, Mary Kin...