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    And Strode Blindly into Oblivion
    And Strode Blindly into Oblivion
    And Strode Blindly into Oblivion
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    And Strode Blindly into Oblivion

    By Ray Marik

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    The author’s Mother and Father separated and then divorced when he was young leading to a tumultuous childhood. He dropped out of high school, and enlisted in Army. There he earned paratroop wings, and became a member of an elite Army Rangers Special Ops unit. Honorably discharged, he took to the sea and sailed as a deckhand to the Pribilof Islands in Alaska and later was employed as marine operating engineer as part of the great Bering Sea fishing fleet. He also served as chief engineer on the Gryphon, a private yacht sailing out of Seattle. Returning to school, he earned BA, MEd, and ATA degrees. He taught technical writing to engineering students on the college level, and was department head for high school special education students in the Seattle School District. In 1974 he received a Fulbright Exchange appointment to teach in England and took his family there.

    His first marriage ended in divorce. Remarried for thirty years, his second wife died in his arms. He wrote five autobiographical volumes, and published many articles. He is a twenty-five-year volunteer, including time as a singer, stage performer, director and playwright. Travelling extensively, he circumnavigated the globe, survived two open heart surgeries, stroke, and cancer. Remarried at age 83, he and his wife Mary live at Park Shore apartments in Seattle, Washington.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisheriUniverse
    Release dateOct 30, 2020
    ISBN9781663212559
    And Strode Blindly into Oblivion
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    Ray Marik

    A sickly child of divorced parents and an unhappy childhood, Ray Marik dropped out of high school and joined the army. He excelled as an 82nd Airborne paratrooper and as a member of an elite Special Ops Airborne Ranger unit. After honorable discharge he was employed as a marine operating engineer and later became an educator earning two post graduate degrees and a Fulbright appointment to England. He taught special education students on the high school level and engineering students on the college level. He was a 25-year community volunteer, remarried at age 83 and lives with his lovely wife Mary in Seattle, Washington. He is also author of Special Education Students Write, And Strode Blindly Into Oblivion, and Where Eagles Go To Die 

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