Last chapter of Murcer book omitted
Kay Murcer, the widow of Oklahoma (and New York Yankee) baseball institution Bobby Murcer, has a most unusual request. Could you please read the final chapter of her husband’s book?
Before he died last autumn from a brain tumor, Bobby Murcer teamed with Glen Waggoner to write Yankee For Life. The paperback version, published by the reputable firm of Harper Collins, came out in April. But six weeks ago, Kay Murcer discovered that the last chapter had been omitted. The proof of the book sent to Kay Murcer had contained the four pages in which Bobby Murcer summarizes what a blessed life had been his and what he learned through his 18-month battle with the cancer.
“I had no reason to ever suspect it would be altered with such insensitivity,” Kay Murcer wrote to The Oklahoman in an email. “That last chapter is necessary to the completion of Bobby’s story and to the entire message Bobby hoped to leave for all readers.”
Ironically, the epilogue Kay Murcer wrote is included in the paperback versions, but she believes her words are lacking relevance without Bobby’s final thoughts.
Kay Murcer saw some paperback copies at a book store over the weekend and decided to publicize the omission. “I want to tell someone with the ability to alert the public that readers are not getting the whole story unless they read the hardback, and that’s not fair,” Kay Murcer wrote. “Bobby would be livid if he were still here to protect his own words. So I’m protecting them instead. It matters to me.”
Kay Murcer said she doesn’t seek anything from Harper Collins other than the omission be brought to the attention of the public. So here it is.
If you want to read Murcer’s final chapter, this link will take you to those final four pages:
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