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 graduated from

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and attended

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as an undergraduate where he majored in

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and theater. He received his master's degree from Columbia College Chicago. His writings have covered topics such as the Bath School bombing and the

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and its leader,

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. His writing has been featured in ''Tablet'' magazine. He has also been published in the ''

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''. Bernstein has discussed his book ''Bath Massacre'' on C-SPAN Book TV and on the Australian

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show ''RN Breakfast''. He discussed his book ''Swastika Nation'' in an interview with the Polish journal ''Historia Do Rzeczy'', on

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on the ''AM Joy Show'', and on the

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''Your Weekly Constitutional'' with Stewart Harris. Bernstein's book ''Swastika Nation'' was reviewed in ''

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'' and the Kirkus Reviews. His elaboration of the adversarial relationship between Fritz Kuhn and iconic American columnist

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was also subsequently published in the ''Times Book Review''.

Awards and honors

* 2000 American Regional History Book Award for ''Hollywood on Lake Michigan: 100 Years of Chicago and the Movies'', First Place * 2005 Illinois State Library Authors Fair * 2010 Michigan Notable Book Honors for ''Bath Massacre: America's First School Bombing'' * 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

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References

External links

* Presentation by Arnie Bernstein, author of the new book, Hoofs and guns of the storm : Chicago's Civil War connection.
Arnie Bernstein's website

Arnie Bernstein's profile - Illinois Center for the Book
* Local author spotlight interview with Arnie Bernstein from the Chicago Book Revie

* Kirkus Review of ''Swastika Nation'' * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bernstein, Arnie 1960 births Living people Writers from Chicago American military historians 21st-century American historians 21st-century American male writers Historians from Illinois American male non-fiction writers