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.

Arnie Bernstein
Arnie with a display of his books in 2019.
Arnie with a display of his books in 2019.
Born1960
Harvey, Illinois, U.S.[1]
OccupationWriter
LanguageEnglish
EducationNiles West High School Southern Illinois University (BA)
Columbia College Chicago (MA)

Biography

Bernstein is a Chicago native. He graduated from Niles West High School[2] and attended Southern Illinois University as an undergraduate where he majored in film studies and theater.[3] He received his master's degree from Columbia College Chicago.[1][4]

His writings have covered topics such as the Bath School bombing and the German-American Bund and its leader, Fritz Kuhn. His writing has been featured in Tablet magazine.[5] He has also been published in the Chicago Tribune.[6]

Bernstein has discussed his book Bath Massacre on C-SPAN Book TV[7] and on the Australian Radio National show RN Breakfast.[8] He discussed his book Swastika Nation in an interview with the Polish journal Historia Do Rzeczy,[9] on MSNBC on the AM Joy Show,[10] and on the podcast Your Weekly Constitutional with Stewart Harris.[11]

Bernstein's book Swastika Nation was reviewed in The New York Times[12] and the Kirkus Reviews.[13] His elaboration of the adversarial relationship between Fritz Kuhn and iconic American columnist Walter Winchell was also subsequently published in the Times Book Review.[14]

Awards and honors
  • 2000 American Regional History Book Award for Hollywood on Lake Michigan: 100 Years of Chicago and the Movies, First Place[15][16]
  • 2005 Illinois State Library Authors Fair
  • 2010 Michigan Notable Book Honors for Bath Massacre: America's First School Bombing[17][18][19]
  • He earned the Warner Brothers Studios Comedy Writing Workshop scholarship[3]
  • He received the Puffin Foundation grant[3]
  • Lit 50: Who Really Books Chicago 2019. Named as one of the top 50 people in the Chicago book world, along with Alta Price, for advocacy work in Chicago on behalf of the Authors Guild[3]

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 978-0472024704. 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 978-1250006714. OCLC 827256873.

References
  1. "Arnie Bernstein". Illinois Center for the Book. Illinois State Library. Archived from the original on July 15, 2022. Retrieved July 15, 2022.
  2. Kleine, Ted (January 7, 1999). "In Print: the history of Hollywood on the lake". Chicago Reader. Retrieved July 15, 2022.
  3. "Profile - Arnie Bernstein - The Authors Guild". go.authorsguild.org. Retrieved 2022-07-01.
  4. "University of Michigan Press announces new edition of work from Creative Writing alum". www.colum.edu. February 2, 2022. Retrieved 2022-07-01.
  5. Bernstein, Arnie (4 April 2016). "Donald Trump Is Not Hitler. He's More Like the Leader of the German-American Bund". Tablet.
  6. "Arnie Bernstein: During my runs through cemeteries, I leave stones on Jewish graves. I'm running Kaddish". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2022-07-01.
  7. Votta, David (March 16, 2009). "Bath Massacre". C-SPAN Book TV. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
  8. Doyle, John (December 27, 2012). "America's First School Massacre". abc.net.au. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
  9. Tycner, Adam (October 15, 2015). "Amerykanscy-nazisci". Historia Do Rzeczy. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
  10. "1939 Nazi rally in New York City captured in new doc". MSNBC.com. Retrieved 2022-07-01.
  11. Harris, Stewart (July 16, 2015). "Swastika Nation!". Your Weekly Constitutional. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
  12. Bernstein, Arnie (20 September 2013). "Swastika Nation". New York Times.
  13. "Swastika Nation by Arnie Bernstein". Kirkus Reviews. June 17, 2013. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
  14. Bernstein, Arnie (May 28, 2017). "Walter Winchell, Nazi Fighter". The New York Times Book Review: 6. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
  15. "Arnie Bernstein". Illinois Center for the Book. Archived from the original on 24 September 2014. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
  16. "Suggested Reading" (PDF). Chicago Jewish Historical Society. 25 (4): 9. 2001. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
  17. Bath Massacre. University of Michigan Press. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
  18. "2010 Michigan Notable Books". Library of Michigan. Library of Michigan.
  19. "Arnie Bernstein". Sunday Salon. Archived from the original on 10 October 2014. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
  1. "Swastika Nation". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
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