May 2022

Editorial Staff

Managing Editor
Chase Brush

Associate Editor
Claire Swift

Editorial Assistant
Matthew Palatnik

When Abortion Roiled 19th Century New York

bowsly death — Abortion in 19th century America was a risky and often life-threatening procedure. Many young women—such as 20-year-old Alice Bowlsby, whose body was found in a baggage trunk at a railroad depot in New York City in 1871—died while undergoing it. Center for the History of Medicine

Editor's Note: Kenneth D. Ackerman has written extensively on Gilded Age America, including his books Boss Tweed: The Corrupt Pol Who Conceived the Soul of Modern New York and Dark Horse: The Surprise Election and Political Murder of President James A. Garfield.

Bob Dole and the Nazis’ Brutal Last Stand in Italy

Robert Dole was only 20 when he enrolled during WWII and was assigned to the 10th Mountain Division. — Only 20 years old when he enlisted during WWII, Dole was assigned to the elite 10th Mountain Division.

The Führer in the Kremlin

Spring 2022 American Heritage

We thank talented graphic designer Patrick Mulder for sending us his dramatic image of Vladimir Putin with Adolf Hitler's moustache. It made a poignant cover for this issue.

Patrick lives near Swansea, Wales and edits Sketty Online from somewhere between the Mumbles and Fforest-fach. (With place names like that, it's no wonder that local boy Dylan Thomas became a world-renowned poet.)

In the days after Russia invaded Ukraine, Patrick happened to see the cover of TIME Magazine showing a tank lost among dark trees. He thought it was “uninspired and lacked conviction.”

So Patrick designed several montages of the face of Vladimir Putin fused with Adolf Hitler. Then, on a lark, he used the images to create simulated covers of TIME Magazine.

May 2022

Editorial Staff

When Abortion Roiled 19th Century New York

Bob Dole and the Nazis’ Brutal Last Stand in Italy

Summer 2022

The Führer in the Kremlin

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