2: Model Citizen

  1. . For “Animal House,” see Chris Miller, The Real Animal House: The Awesomely Depraved Saga of the Fraternity That Inspired the Movie (New York: Little, Brown, 2006); and McKay Coppins, “God’s Plan for Mike Pence,” The Atlantic, January 2018, www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/01/gods-plan-for-mike-pence/546569/.

  2. . For Pence’s legislative record, see “Before Mike Pence was Donald Trump’s Running Mate, He Served in Congress for 12 years,” Govtrack.us, July 18, 2016, https://govtrackinsider.com/before-mike-pence-was-donald-trumps-running-mate-he-served-in-congress-for-12-years-72b511b95d9.

  3. . For the German side of the family, see “Descendants of Michael Pence (1738–1799),” Neal’s Genealogy Page, May 2016, http://nealsgenealogy.awardspace.info/pence.htm.

  4. . For the Irish side of Pence’s family, see Michael Farry, Sligo 1914–1921: A Chronicle of Conflict (Trim, Ireland: Killoran Press, 1992); John P. Brennan, Bureau of Military History, witness statement, https://wheresmerrill.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/1918-tubbercurry-volunteers.pdf; Sheryl Gay Stolberg, “‘I Am an American Because of Him’: The Journey of Pence’s Grandfather from Ireland,” The New York Times, March 16, 2017, www.nytimes.com/2017/03/16/us/politics/mike-pence-immigration-grandfather.html.

  5. . For events surrounding Cawley’s journey to America, see “Irish Rebel Chief Dies After Flight,” The New York Times, April 11, 1923; and P. J. Drudy, The Irish in America: Emigration, Assimilation, and Impact (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1985).

  6. . “Promise to Unmask Ku Klux in Jersey,” The New York Times, April 11, 1923; “K. of C. Take Charge of Ku Klux Rally,” The New York Times, April 15, 1923; for the definitive review of Grant, see Jonathan Spiro, Defending the Master Race: Conservation, Eugenics, and the Legacy of Madison Grant (Lebanon, NH: University Press of New England, 2009).

  7. . For Chicago social activism, see P. David Finks, “Organization Man Saul Alinsky’s Legacy Is Alive, Well, and Living in the Neighborhoods,” Chicago Tribune, May 26, 1985.

  8. . For Cawley and Irish roots, see Stolberg, “The Journey of Pence’s Grandfather.”

  9. . For home demonstration, see Erin Turner Hogue, “To Create a More Contented Family and Community Life: Home Demonstration Work in Arkansas, 1912–1952” (dissertation, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, 1980).

  10. . Mike Pence’s talk from “Speech Winner Says Get Involved,” Columbus (IN) Herald, February 11, 1972.

  11. . For young Pence’s civic activism, see “CYO Weed Mowing Program Announced,” The Republic (Columbus, IN), October 2, 1975.

  12. . For KKK in Indiana, see Jordan Fischer, “The History of Hate in Indiana: How the Ku Klux Klan Took Over Indiana’s Halls of Power,” RTV6 ABC, December 8, 2016, www.theindychannel.com/longform/the-ku-klux-klan-ran-indiana-once-could-it-happen-again.

  13. . For Cummins, see Charles E. Mitchell Retschler, The Cathedral Builder (Bloomington, IN: AuthorHouse, 2014).

  14. . Harry McCawley, “The Mike Pence Story,” The Republic (Columbus, IN), July 17, 2016, www.therepublic.com/2016/07/14/the-mike-pence-story-from-a-youth-in-columbus-to-candidate-for-vice-president/.

  15. . K. Conger, The Christian Right in Republican State Politics (New York: Macmillan, 2009).

  16. . Steve Kukolla, “Penance, Redemption Punctuate Life of Mike,” Indiana Business Journal, January 31, 1994.

  17. . For Pence on his conversion and devotion to the Christian mission, see “Hooked - Hooked (Interview with Mike Pence, Vice President of USA),” YouTube video, 43:22, posted by “Church by the Glades,” March 19, 2017, www.youtube.com/watch?v=fphvH9NvvkA&feature=youtu.be&t=12m24s.