Books on using a portable saw mill

[Kansas]

I miss the old days of the KFPA having events, learning classes, you name it. Sad to see the industry in this state simply disappear. We have our new building up; I have been kicking around the notion of trying to put something together this spring or summer. There are still a lot of smaller sawmillers who might only be doing it on the weekends. And people are always interested in wood related events.

[Okrafarmer]

Not to poke fun, because I haven't been to Kansas yet, but some of us are still getting used to the idea that there might be trees in Kansas.... 
No offense intended.

It was the same way when I went to Texas, I was amazed how many trees there are. It goes to show, you can't let the stereotype of a place fool you.

Back to the OP, I have also been looking for a good book. I consider myself a decent writer, so the idea of writing such a book interests me, but the problem is that I am just a beginner at milling. 

[Kansas]

At one time, Kansas was the 3rd or 4th largest producer of walnut logs. Don't know where we are at now, but walnut is mostly what is logged now. With the mills disappearing, its too many miles to ship other types of logs at 3.80 a gallon for diesel. I don't know how far I would have to go into Missouri to find a grade mill with a check that didn't bounce.

[Okrafarmer]

Wow, we're exactly opposite. There's very little walnut here, but millions if not billions of pine (mainly yellow, some white), oak (red and white and various others), yellow poplar, and sweetgum, with a fair addition of ERC, red maple, sycamore, river birch, hickory, and cherry. We have around 100 species here within 50 miles from me. But walnut is scarce. However, log prices of all species seem to be rock bottom here compared to most states.