Lift Your Light a Little Higher: The Story of Stephen Bishop: Slave-Explorer

This account follows Stephen Bishop, an enslaved man who served as an expert guide at Kentucky’s Mammoth Cave from about 1838 to 1857. Bishop guides people through Mammoth Cave, described as the world’s largest cave system. The book centers his work as a cave explorer and guide while placing it within the history of his enslavement. Dramatic watercolors and collage illustrations accompany the story.