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- Bringing up Father: Third Series, 1919 - George McManus, a son of Irish immigrants, created the American syndicated comic strip <em>Bringing Up Father</em> in 1913. The strip follows the Irish working-class immigrant Jiggs and his wife, Maggie, as they navigate new-found wealth. McManus infused his strip with nuanced meanings, playing on early 20th-century themes of ethnic stereotyping and immigrant assimilation, the accumulation of wealth, social striving, and the American work ethic.
- 1919
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Bringing up Father: Third Series, 1919
George McManus, a son of Irish immigrants, created the American syndicated comic strip Bringing Up Father in 1913. The strip follows the Irish working-class immigrant Jiggs and his wife, Maggie, as they navigate new-found wealth. McManus infused his strip with nuanced meanings, playing on early 20th-century themes of ethnic stereotyping and immigrant assimilation, the accumulation of wealth, social striving, and the American work ethic.
- Bringing up Father: Series Number 17, 1930 - George McManus, a son of Irish immigrants, created the American syndicated comic strip <em>Bringing Up Father</em> in 1913. The strip follows the Irish working-class immigrant Jiggs and his wife, Maggie, as they navigate new-found wealth. McManus infused his strip with nuanced meanings, playing on early 20th-century themes of ethnic stereotyping and immigrant assimilation, the accumulation of wealth, social striving, and the American work ethic.
- 1930
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Bringing up Father: Series Number 17, 1930
George McManus, a son of Irish immigrants, created the American syndicated comic strip Bringing Up Father in 1913. The strip follows the Irish working-class immigrant Jiggs and his wife, Maggie, as they navigate new-found wealth. McManus infused his strip with nuanced meanings, playing on early 20th-century themes of ethnic stereotyping and immigrant assimilation, the accumulation of wealth, social striving, and the American work ethic.
- Bringing up Father: Fourth Series, 1921 - George McManus, a son of Irish immigrants, created the American syndicated comic strip <em>Bringing Up Father</em> in 1913. The strip follows the Irish working-class immigrant Jiggs and his wife, Maggie, as they navigate new-found wealth. McManus infused his strip with nuanced meanings, playing on early 20th-century themes of ethnic stereotyping and immigrant assimilation, the accumulation of wealth, social striving, and the American work ethic.
- 1921
- Collections - Artifact
Bringing up Father: Fourth Series, 1921
George McManus, a son of Irish immigrants, created the American syndicated comic strip Bringing Up Father in 1913. The strip follows the Irish working-class immigrant Jiggs and his wife, Maggie, as they navigate new-found wealth. McManus infused his strip with nuanced meanings, playing on early 20th-century themes of ethnic stereotyping and immigrant assimilation, the accumulation of wealth, social striving, and the American work ethic.
- "The Motor Boys Across the Plains," 1907 - <EM>The Motor Boys Across the Plains</EM> follows the exploits of three friends Bob, Ned, and Jerry. In this story, the young heroes find adventure helping a mysterious hermit and fighting claim jumpers after a lost gold mine. The Motor Boys was a popular series of books written for boys in the early 1900s.
- 1907
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"The Motor Boys Across the Plains," 1907
The Motor Boys Across the Plains follows the exploits of three friends Bob, Ned, and Jerry. In this story, the young heroes find adventure helping a mysterious hermit and fighting claim jumpers after a lost gold mine. The Motor Boys was a popular series of books written for boys in the early 1900s.