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, whose bequest of five million dollars helped purchase the Louisville Courier-Journal and Times, followed him to the grave. This evenhanded, well-researched, and comprehensive biography reveals Bingham's strengths as well as his frailties and specifically refutes some of the charges made against him.