{"product_id":"bringing-up-father-eighth-series-edition-1924-restoration-2024-9798881206642","title":"Bringing Up Father, Eighth Series: Edition 1924, Restoration 2024","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Comic Books Restore | MacManus\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Blurb\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Blurb\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBringing Up Father is an American comic strip created by cartoonist George McManus. Here the EIGHTH series edited in 1924. New lay-out by Comic Books Restore. The strip centers on an immigrant Irishman named Jiggs, a former hod carrier who came into wealth in the United States by winning a million dollars in a sweepstakes. Now nouveau-riche, he still longs to revert to his former working class habits and lifestyle. His constant attempts to sneak out with his old gang of boisterous, rough-edged pals, eat corned beef and cabbage (known regionally as \"Jiggs dinner\"), and hang out at the local tavern were often thwarted by Maggie, his formidable, social-climbing (and rolling-pin wielding) harridan of a wife, their lovely young daughter Nora, and infrequently their lazy son Ethelbert, later known as Sonny. Also a character presented in the strip (portrayed as a miserly borrower) was named, fittingly, Titus Canby (\"tight as can be\").\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46401827340439,"sku":"9798881206642","price":1922.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798881206642.webp?v=1769057716","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/bringing-up-father-eighth-series-edition-1924-restoration-2024-9798881206642","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}