Other Pathways

About the Book

Building a sidewalk takes but a few days...to build a road takes weeks, but to create a pathway takes years of wandering down the same route-always taking the familiar way, always finding the unfamiliar. In Marat M. Bandemer, Jr.'s second book, Other Pathways: Through My Mind - Continuing the Journey, the author has once again put into words nearly fifty years of travels down the road of his life... poignant, angry, sad, hilarious, and always honest...n ow, and once again, he is prepared to share that pathway with us. This book may be one man's pathway, but it is truly everyman's journey.

About the Author

Marat M. Bandemer, Jr. was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1933. He attended Chicago Public School, graduating from high school in 1950, and then spending a brief time at the University of Illinois Undergrad facility at Navy Pier. Although too young for the draft, he enlisted in the United States Air Force in 1952. It was during this time that he met, and married his wife of more than fifty years, Jean. Together they have four children, six grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Bandemer retired from the corporate world in 1995, and has spent the past ten years working part-time in fundraising and sales for the Houston Symphony. The couple has resided in Houston, Texas since 1991.