1. Sarah Sawalhi Brooke Kahl Kadijah Richardson
Fever 1793
Sarah Sawalhi
Brooke Kahl
Kadijah Richardson

2. Did Laurie Anderson accurately reflect the time period events, and characters in her novel,fever1793?
Yes , she did this by stating true historical facts throughout the book. Such as facts about treatment ,symptoms ,reaction ,help , the free African society, what caused the spread, what was Philadelphia like, and what did they do?

3. Thesis statement
Laurie Halse Anderson accurately used history in her historical fiction novel , Fever She did this by stating true facts about the disease. For example she stated facts about the symptoms,reactions ,the causes,and more.

4. Reason 1: Yellow Fever treatment
“ I did everything Mr. Rowley instructed . I bathed her and gave her tea.” –Fever
“ Herb teas were prescribed to break fever “ – American Plague

5. Reason 2 :Symptoms
“Vomiting blood all over the bed and floor” – Fever 1793
“Every ten minutes or so her moaning would stop abruptly and she would vomit foul black bile” – American Plague

6. Reason 3: Reactions “ Neighborhood abandoned” –Fever 1793
“ People began leaving the city” –American Plague

7. Conclusion
Laurie Anderson did accurately use history in her historical novel, Fever 1793.In the non-fiction book American Plague it states true reliable facts. In Fever 1793 Laurie Anderson also stated similar facts in Fever using verisimilitude.