Sallie Bingham, born and raised in Louisville, recounts her family’s rise as owners of a Southern media empire. Bingham traces her upbringing among Southern gentility, the family’s public triumphs, and the private tensions that ultimately fractured it.
Her refusal to resign from company boards at her brother Barry Jr.’s demand triggered a rift. Rather than referee it, her father, Barry Bingham Sr., sold the family’s newspapers and broadcast holdings, including the storied Courier-Journal. It’s a candid, occasionally self-serving insider’s account of wealth, power, and family loyalty tested past its limit.
Published 1989
525 pages
$12.95