Michael Patrick Welch is a New Orleans-based journalist and author of four books. His work has appeared in Salon, McSweeney’s, The Oxford American, and Vice, among other publications. Follow him at @mpatrickwelch.
A rare trove of Victorian-era Times-Picayunes survived Nazi bombs and trans-Atlantic voyages, before landing in the lap of a Crescent City character with a passion for antique printing presses and big plans for his treasure