Robert Worth Bingham and the Southern Mystique: From the Old South to the New South and Beyond

Robert Worth Bingham (1871-1937) rose to great heights as a newspaper publisher, political leader, and ambassador, but his life is surrounded by controversy to this day. Charges that he contributed to the death of his second wife, an heiress whose bequest of five million dollars helped purchase the Louisville Courier-Journal and Times, followed him to the grave.

For three quarters of a century the history of the Bingham family of Louisville, Kentucky, has been one of tragedy and controversy...