New guide -- Church and the steamboat -- First discovery -- Across the bottomless pit -- New master -- Under crevice pit -- Underground hospital -- Stephen draws a map -- Free at last? -- Legacy of Stephen Bishop.
Summary:
In 1838, as the nation struggles with issues of slavery, seventeen-year-old Stephen Bishop serves his master as a guide in Kentucky's Mammoth Cave and spends his free time exploring and discovering new passages and rooms.
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