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Mitchell, Elizabeth

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

100 pp. | Viking | October, 2004 | Trade ISBN 0-670-05908-0 $15.99
(4) 1-3 Illustrated by Kellyn Alder. This fictional story is based on sketchy accounts of the work of a Kentucky slave who explored and led tours through Mammoth Cave in the mid-1800s. Self-educated, Bishop studied geology and was possibly the first to draw a map of the cave. While the narrative is stiff at times, the subject matter makes this book useful for cross-curriculum reading. Timeline.
Reviewer: KaaVonia Hinton

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