"Down in a Hole"*: a Journey with Stephen Bishop

Journey to the Bottomless Pit: The Story of Stephen Bishop & Mammoth Cave

A slave named Stephen Bishop explored much of Mammoth Cave and gave tours of it for several years. This is his story.

This title is now available in the Sullivan Lexington Library, 796.252 M681j. Come check it out.

*The line "down in a hole" comes from the refrain of the song, "Miner's Refrain" by Gillian Welch.