{"product_id":"bringing-up-father-eighth-series","title":"Bringing Up Father, Eighth Series","description":"\u003cp\u003eBringing Up Father is an American comic strip created\u003cbr\u003e\nby cartoonist George McManus.\u003cbr\u003e\nHere the EIGHTH series edited in 1924. New lay-out by\u003cbr\u003e\nComic Books Restore.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNow 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":"Geo Mac Manus","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44936551432353,"sku":"9781111136854","price":28.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0462\/1120\/3233\/files\/579j6zv-front-shortedge-384.jpg?v=1748462369","url":"https:\/\/bookswholesale.myshopify.com\/products\/bringing-up-father-eighth-series","provider":"BooksWholesale","version":"1.0","type":"link"}