Arnie Bernstein Explained

Arnie Bernstein
Birth Date:	1960
Birth Place:	Harvey, Illinois, U.S.^[1]
Occupation:	Writer
Language:	English
Education:	Niles West High School Southern Illinois University (BA) Columbia College Chicago (MA)

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 native of Chicago. He graduated from Niles West High School^[2] and attended Southern Illinois University where he majored in film studies and theater.^[3] He received a master's degree from Columbia College Chicago.^[4]

His writings have covered topics such as the Bath School bombing and the German-American Bund as well as 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] He also spoke about the book on the podcast Your Weekly Constitutional with Stewart Harris.^[11]

Swastika Nation was reviewed in The New York Times^[12] and the Kirkus Reviews.^[13] He detailed the adversarial relationship between Fritz Kuhn and iconic American columnist Walter Winchell; this topic and his views were later 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
• He received the Puffin Foundation grant
• 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

Works

• Book: Bernstein, Arnie . The Hoofs and Guns of the Storm: Chicago's Civil War Connections . Chicago. Lake Claremont Press . 2003 . 9781893121065 . 53149544.
• Book: Bernstein. Arnie . The Movies are: Carl Sandburg's Film Reviews and Essays, 1920-1928 . Chicago. Lake Claremont Press . 2000 . 9781893121058 . 45184671.
• Book: Bernstein, Arnie . Hollywood on Lake Michigan: 100 Years of Chicago and the Movies . Chicago. Lake Claremont Press . 1998 . 9780964242623 . 40796305.
• Book: Bernstein, Arnie . Bath Massacre: America's First School Bombing . Ann Arbor. The University of Michigan Press . 2009 . 978-0472024704 . 587638431 .
• Book: Bernstein, Arnie . Swastika Nation: Fritz Kuhn and the Rise and Fall of the German-American Bund . New York. St. Martin's Press . 2013 . 978-1250006714 . 827256873 .

External links

• Presentation by Arnie Bernstein, author of the new book, Hoofs and guns of the storm : Chicago's Civil War connection.Web site: 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. 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 http://chicagoreviewofbooks.wordpress.com/2013/09/10/local-author-spotlight-arnie-bernstein-loves-a-good-story/
• Kirkus Review of Swastika Nation ^[20]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Arnie Bernstein . Illinois Center for the Book . Illinois State Library . July 15, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220715033044/https://www.illinoisauthors.org/php/getSpecificAuthor.php?uid=7576 . July 15, 2022.
2. Web site: Kleine . Ted . In Print: the history of Hollywood on the lake . Chicago Reader . January 7, 1999 . July 15, 2022.
3. Web site: Profile - Arnie Bernstein - The Authors Guild . 2022-07-01 . go.authorsguild.org.
4. Web site: February 2, 2022 . University of Michigan Press announces new edition of work from Creative Writing alum . 2022-07-01 . www.colum.edu . en-US.
5. Web site: Donald Trump Is Not Hitler. He's More Like the Leader of the German-American Bund.. Bernstein. Arnie. 4 April 2016. Tablet.
6. Web site: Arnie Bernstein: During my runs through cemeteries, I leave stones on Jewish graves. I’m running Kaddish. . 2022-07-01 . Chicago Tribune.
7. Web site: Bath Massacre. Votta. David. March 16, 2009. C-SPAN Book TV. April 10, 2016.
8. Web site: America's First School Massacre. Doyle. John. December 27, 2012. abc.net.au. April 10, 2016.
9. Web site: Amerykanscy-nazisci. Tycner. Adam. October 15, 2015. Historia Do Rzeczy. April 10, 2016.
10. Web site: 1939 Nazi rally in New York City captured in new doc . 2022-07-01 . MSNBC.com . en.
11. Web site: Swastika Nation!. Harris. Stewart. July 16, 2015. Your Weekly Constitutional. April 10, 2016.
12. News: Swastika Nation. Bernstein. Arnie. 20 September 2013. New York Times.
13. Web site: Swastika Nation by Arnie Bernstein. June 17, 2013. Kirkus Reviews. April 10, 2016.
14. Bernstein. Arnie. Walter Winchell, Nazi Fighter. The New York Times Book Review. May 28, 2017. 6. 27 May 2017.
15. Web site: Arnie Bernstein. Illinois Center for the Book. 22 September 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140924043632/http://www.illinoisauthors.org/authors/Arnie_Bernstein. 24 September 2014. dead.
16. Suggested Reading. Chicago Jewish Historical Society. 2001. 25. 4. 9. 22 September 2014.
17. Book: Bath Massacre. University of Michigan Press. 22 September 2014.
18. Web site: 2010 Michigan Notable Books. Library of Michigan. Library of Michigan.
19. Web site: Arnie Bernstein. Sunday Salon. 6 October 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141010053310/http://www.sundaysalon.com/arnie-bernstein.htm. 10 October 2014. dead.
20. Web site: Swastika Nation. Kirkus Reviews. 6 October 2014.