Arnie Bernstein

Arnie Bernstein (born 1960) is an American writer of historical nonfiction. His works include Bath Massacre: America’s First School Bombing and Swastika Nation: Fritz Kuhn and the Rise and Fall of the German-American Bund.

Biography

Bernstein is a Chicago native. He attended Southern Illinois University as an undergraduate and received his master's degree from Columbia College-Chicago. He teaches writing at Morton College in Cicero, Illinois and Triton College in River Grove, Illinois.

He specializes in stories forgotten in history, including the Bath School bombing and the 1930s American pro-Nazi organization the German-American Bund and their leader Fritz Kuhn. His writing has been featured in Tablet.^[1]

Bernstein has discussed his book Bath Massacre on C-SPAN Book TV^[2] and on the Australian radio show "Breakfast with John Doyle.^[3] He discussed his book Swastika Nation in an interview with the Polish journal Historia Do Rzeczy^[4] and on the podcast with "Your Weekly Constitutional" with Stewart Harris.^[5]

His book Swastika Nation was reviewed in the New York Times ^[6] and the Kirkus Review.^[7] He has given speeches and served on panels at numerous universities and museums and has been honored with grants and awards for his writing.^[8]

Awards and Honors

• 2000 American Regional History Book Award for Hollywood on Lake Michigan: 100 Years of Chicago and the Movies, First Place ^[9][10]
• 2005 Illinois State Library Authors Fair
• 2010 Michigan Notable Book Honors for Bath Massacre: America's First School Bombing^[11][12][13]

Works

• Bernstein, Arnie (2003). The Hoofs and Guns of the Storm: Chicago's Civil War Connections. Chicago: Lake Claremont Press. ISBN 9781893121065. OCLC 53149544.
• Bernstein, Arnie, ed. (2000). The Movies are: Carl Sandburg's Film Reviews and Essays, 1920-1928. Chicago: Lake Claremont Press. ISBN 9781893121058. OCLC 45184671.
• Bernstein, Arnie (1998). Hollywood on Lake Michigan: 100 Years of Chicago and the Movies. Chicago: Lake Claremont Press. ISBN 9780964242623. OCLC 40796305.
• Bernstein, Arnie (2009). Bath Massacre: America's First School Bombing. Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press. ISBN 0472024701. OCLC 587638431.
• Bernstein, Arnie (2013). Swastika Nation: Fritz Kuhn and the Rise and Fall of the German-American Bund. New York: St. Martin's Press. ISBN 1250006716. OCLC 827256873.

References

1. Bernstein, Arnie. "Donald Trump Is Not Hitler. He's More Like the Leader of the German-American Bund.". Tablet.
2. Votta, David (March 16, 2009). "Bath Massacre". C-SPAN Book TV. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
3. Doyle, John (December 27, 2012). "America's First School Massacre". abc.net.au. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
4. Tycner, Adam (October 15, 2015). "Amerykanscy-nazisci". Historia Do Rzeczy. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
5. Harris, Stewart (July 16, 2015). "Swastika Nation!". Your Weekly Constitutional. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
6. Bernstein, Arnie. "Swastika Nation". New York Times.
7. "Swastika Nation by Arnie Bernstein". Kirkus Review. June 17, 2013. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
8. "Biography". Arnie Bernstein. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
9. "Arnie Bernstein". Illinois Center for the Book. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
10. "Suggested Reading" (PDF). Chicago Jewish Historical Society. 25 (4): 9. 2001. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
11. "Bath Massacre". University of Michigan Press. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
12. "2010 Michigan Notable Books". Library of Michigan. Library of Michigan.
13. "Arnie Bernstein". Sunday Salon. Retrieved 6 October 2014.

External links

• Presentation by Arnie Bernstein, author of the new book, Hoofs and guns of the storm : Chicago's Civil War connection."Arnie Bernstein: Presentation by Arnie Bernstein, author of the new book, Hoofs and guns of the storm : Chicago's Civil War connection". Pritzker Military Museum & Library. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
• Arnie Bernstein's website
• Arnie Bernstein's profile - Illinois Center for the Book
• Local author spotlight interview with Arnie Bernstein from the Chicago Book Review
• Kirkus Review of Swastika Nation ^[1]

1. "Swastika Nation". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 6 October 2014.