A Wilderness of Error

A Wilderness of Error: The Trials of Jeffrey MacDonald
First edition
AuthorErrol Morris
IllustratorNiko Skourtis, Pentagram (design studio)
LanguageEnglish
GenreTrue crime, Journalism
PublisherPenguin Press (U.S.)
Publication date
September 4, 2012 (U.S.)
Pages544

A Wilderness of Error: The Trials of Jeffrey MacDonald is a book by Errol Morris, published in September 2012. It reexamines the case of Jeffrey MacDonald, the Green Beret physician accused of killing his wife and two daughters in their home in Fort Bragg on February 17, 1970, and convicted of the crime on August 29, 1979. MacDonald has been in federal prison since 1982.

On September 25, 2020, FX premiered A Wilderness of Error, a five-part television series based on the book.