Just before the Anniversary of the Federal Flood, Levees.org invited historian and author Walter Isaacson to consider submitting a letter supporting the group’s quest to list the New Orleans levee breaches to the prestigious National Register of Historic Places.

Walter Isaacson who once worked for TIME and CNN is now President and CEO of the Aspen Institute.  Mr. Isaacson promptly complied and submitted a splendid letter of support.

We now realize that Mr. Isaacson was writing a biography of Steve Jobs, the first written with his cooperation, that is now being rushed to print on October 24, 2011.

Isaacson’s Steve Jobs has been a bestseller on Amazon.com from the day it became available for preorder. In a preview of what’s to come, his essay describes the day Jobs pitched him the idea for the book:

Click here for the essay which appeared on CNNMoney.