Barbara A BairdBarbara Baird, who pens the "The Accidental Ozarkian" column and now a popular online blog, began her odyssey to find mills in the Ozarks of Missouri in 2000, after becoming a managing editor at a small-town newspaper, and searching for fodder for he weekly column. This book is a culmination of 24 years of visiting all the mill sites, and in several cases, re-visiting them. Read More Read Less