Book · 1900 · Winter storms
Airport
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But I went to the library and got out a copy of Arthur Haley's 1968 classic airport featuring Mel Bakersfield and his attempts to keep you know Chicago o hair open during a snowstorm.
The best things said about it
...what they were following airport was based on a novel by Arthur Haley and he had written hotel.
Why people recommend it
Airport by Arthur Hailey is a 1968 classic bestselling novel that chronicles the intense drama unfolding at a major metropolitan airport during a severe winter blizzard, most notably featuring the efforts of manager Mel Bakersfield to keep operations running. The book's cultural legacy was explored across different podcast formats. On a 2025 episode of Stuff You Should Know titled What Makes Disaster Films Great, host Josh Clark discussed the cinematic adaptations of Hailey's work, noting that the famous film was directly based on the author's gripping novel following his previous success with Hotel. In a separate discussion during a July 2024 episode of The Book Review, critic Dwight Garner mentioned retrieving a copy of Hailey's classic airport thriller from the library. Garner used the novel as a point of reference, highlighting its vivid depiction of the chaotic snowstorm and the high-stakes struggles of its central characters, thereby cementing its status as a quintessential template for disaster-themed fiction.
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Dwight Garner but I went to the library and got out a copy of Arthur Haley's 1968 classic airport featuring Mel Bakersfie… 1
“but I went to the library and got out a copy of Arthur Haley's 1968 classic airport featuring Mel Bakersfield and his attempts to keep you know Chicago o hair open during a snowstorm”
Josh Clark ...what they were following airport was based on a novel by Arthur Haley and he had written hotel. 1
“...what they were following airport was based on a novel by Arthur Haley and he had written hotel.”
