Additionally, Swastika Nation was translated for Polish audiences and has been optioned by Hollywood.Īrnie is also author of Bath Massacre: America’s First School Bombing, the heart wrenching true story of the first mass school killing in American history.

Arnie’s work was praised by The New York Times, Publishers Weekly, The Chicago Tribune, and many others. His book Swastika Nation: Fritz Kuhn and the Rise and Fall of the German-American Bund is the outlandish true story of 1930s American Nazis and the disparate coterie of politicians, journalists, Hollywood stars, everyday citizens, and even members of the Jewish mafia who brought down the Bundists and their leader Fritz Kuhn to an inglorious end.

With seemingly endless stories of school violence and suicide bombers filling today's headlines, Bath Massacre serves as a reminder that terrorism and large-scale murder are nothing new.Īrnie Bernstein is a Chicago based nonfiction author and writing teacher. The next day, on Kehoe's farm, what was left of his wife-burned beyond recognition after Kehoe set his property and buildings ablaze-was found tied to a handcart, her skull crushed. Thirty-eight children and six adults were dead, among them Kehoe, who had literally blown himself to bits by setting off a dynamite charge in his car. On May 18, 1927, the small town of Bath, Michigan, was forever changed when Andrew Kehoe set off a cache of explosives concealed in the basement of the local school. The new edition of this Michigan Notable Book includes a new introduction and stories from interviews with two additional survivors, Myrna (Gates) Coulter and Ralph Witchell, which took place after the first edition was published in 2009. Title: Bath Massacre, New Edition: America's First School Bombing (May 18, 1927)

Bath Massacre by Arnie Bernstein