Jim Frederick Explained

James Durkin Frederick (November 22, 1971  - July 31, 2014) was an American author and journalist who was an editor for Time magazine.

Biography

James Durkin Frederick was born in Lake Forest, Illinois, and graduated from Columbia University in 1993.^{[1] [2]}

In 2010, he wrote the best-selling book Black Hearts: One Platoon's Descent into Madness in Iraq's Triangle of Death,^{[3] [4]} about the Mahmudiyah killings. He was married to Time senior editor Charlotte Greensit, whom he met while stationed in London. Frederick left Time in 2013, then settled in San Francisco to start a company, Hybrid Vigor Media.^[5]

On July 31, 2014, Frederick died at the age of 42 in the Alta Bates Summit Medical Center in Oakland, California, of cardiac arrest and arrhythmia.^[5]

Works

• Jenkins, Charles Robert, and Jim Frederick. The Reluctant Communist: My Desertion, Court-Martial, and Forty-Year Imprisonment in North Korea. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2008.
• Frederick, Jim. Black Hearts: One Platoon's Plunge into Madness in the Triangle of Death and the American Struggle in Iraq. New York: Harmony Books, 2010.
  • His friend Ken Kurson called this book "the single best book ever written about the war in Iraq and one of the greatest war books ever."^[6] The Commandant of Cadets at the United States Military Academy made it the inaugural book in his personal leadership development book club for cadets and told Frederick that he would be considered a lifetime friend of West Point.^[7]

Notes and References

1. News: Weber. Bruce. 2014-08-07. Jim Frederick, Journalist Who Wrote Book About Iraq War Crime, Dies at 42. en-US. The New York Times. 2020-08-09. 0362-4331.
2. Web site: Winter 2014. Obituaries. August 8, 2020. Columbia College Today.
3. Web site: Jim Frederick: Books, Biography, Blog, Audiobooks, Kindle . Amazon.com . 2014-08-15.
4. Web site: Black Hearts: One Platoon's Descent into Madness in Iraq's Triangle of Death: Jim Frederick: Amazon.com: Books . Amazon . 2010-02-09 . 2014-08-15.
5. Web site: Ex-Time editor Jim Frederick dies at 42 . August 2, 2014 . 2014-08-02.
6. Web site: Remembering War Correspondent Jim Frederick, 42 . . August 2014 . 2014-08-02.
7. Web site: The Best Defense Q&A: Jim Frederick's 'Black Hearts,' about a 101st Airborne war crime in Iraq . 2014-08-02.