Download or read book Genius of the People written by Charles L. Mee Jr. and published by New Word City. This book was released on 2014-08-05 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Charles Mee has recreated the vivid drama of 1787 . . . Genius of the People is an absorbing look at the incomparable personalities who brought us our Constitution." - Michael Beschloss Genius of the People is a timely account of the birth of America's national government during the Constitutional Convention of 1787. Charles L. Mee Jr. vividly describes the personalities, issues, conflicts, compromises, and implications of an epoch-making meeting of brilliant and not-so-brilliant political leaders, whose vision and shortsightedness still direct our lives today.