People, Nov. 20, 1978

Both have a penchant for writing and seeing the world, so Author James Michener and Karol Cardinal Wojtyla got along just fine. The meeting, which took place last July in the Cardinal's garden in Cracow, was to tape a segment of James Michener's World, an eight-part PBS special, narrated by Michener. After finishing the segment, entitled Poland:

The Will to Be, which airs Nov. 26, Michener observed about the man who was to become Pope John Paul II: "He reminds me of a north Texas high school gung-ho football coach in his late 40s who...

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