Lorenzo?!

James Lorenzo Morgan (1830-1873), pictured to the left, is a central figure in my new book.

I have been asked how he ended up with such an unusual middle-name.

Well, the simple answer is that he was named for a Yankee preacher from Connecticut by the name of Lorenzo Dow.

Of course, simple answers like that always lead to more questions.

I'll spare you all the details here. But, if you want to find out why so many Southern boys got stuck with the name Lorenzo in the 1800s, I think David J. Webb explains it best on this web page:

http://www.main.com/~djwebb/bios/dow.html