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Caitlin Fitz
Caitlin Fitz, who teaches history at Northwestern, is the author of
Our Sister Republics: The United States in an Age of American Revolutions
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The Accidental Patriots
Many Americans could have gone either way during the Revolution.
Caitlin Fitz
December 2016 Issue
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