Ron Brown: 30 books
From Queenston to Kingston
The Hidden Heritage of Lake Ontario's Shoreline
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2010
Whether you hike, bike, ride the rails, or drive, the shore of Lake Ontario can yield a treasure trove of heritage sites and natural beauty -- if you know where to look.
Travel with Ron Brown as he probes the shoreline of the Canadian side of Lake Ontario to discover its hidden heritage. Explore...
by Ron Brown
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2004
The Art of Suicide is a history of the visual representation of suicide from the ancient world to its decriminalization in the 20th century. After looking at instances of voluntary death in ancient Greece, Ron Brown discusses the contrast between the extraordinary absence of such events in early Christianity...
Dundurn Railroad 5-Book Bundle
In Search of the Grand Trunk / Rails Across the Prairies / Rails Across Ontario / The Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore / Rails to the Atlantic
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2015
Ron Brown is Canada’s leading literary authority on the history of Canada’s railways, particularly those now-lost branches from the golden age of steam that once ran like veins and arteries throughout the country. This special five-book bundle collects several of his titles, including: In Search...
Dundurn Railroad Bundle
In Search of the Grand Trunk / Rails Across Ontario / Rails Across the Prairies / The Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2014
Ron Brown is Canada’s leading literary authority on the history of Canada’s railroads, particularly those now-lost branches from the golden age of steam that once ran like veins and arteries throughout the country. This special four-book bundle collects several of his titles, including: the poignant...
Behind Bars
Inside Ontario's Heritage Gaols
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2006
Travel across Ontario and pay a visit to Ontario's nearly 50 heritage jails. Built before the modern era of the OPP, they range in size from single cell lockups to massive monuments such as the Kingston Pen and the Don Jail. Although Spartan inside, many are architectural wonders on the outside and...
by Ron Brown
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2013
Explore Ontario's historic roads, each with unexpected side trips and a fascinating story.
In his relentless quest for the unusual in a world of the mundane, modern-day explorer Ron Brown has traveled nearly every backroad in Ontario. This guidebook features 22 trips, each illustrated with...
The Lake Erie Shore
Ontario's Forgotten South Coast
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2009
The Lake Erie shoreline has born witness to some of Ontario's earliest history, yet remains largely unspoiled. Much of the area's natural features - the wetlands, the Carolinian forests - and its built heritage - fishing ports and military ramparts - provide much of interest for vistors to the region.
Ron...
by Ron Brown
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2010
In the 1940s, Doris Day had a No. 1 hit record with Sentimental Journey. This would indeed be an apt alternative title for this book, for within its pages the reader will be taken on a sentimental journey back to the days when the residents of Portsmouth could board a steam train, glide through the...
by Ron Brown
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2009
Pubs of Portsmouth From Old Photographs offers a captivating glimpse into the history of some of Portsmouth's most famous pubs. This charming collection of photographs provides the reader with a visual representation of Portsmouth's pubs. Drawing upon an eclectic collection of photographs, Ron Brown...
by Ron Brown
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2011
Pictorial books such as this dedicated to the past are not only invaluable to local historians, but also of interest to anyone wishing to know more about the history of the place they live or work in, for old photographs can provide fascinating insight and a tool to compare past and present. The Hampshire...
by Ron Brown
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2018
Take a journey across Canada to visit our world-renowned natural and historic landmarks.
With Canada's World Wonders, you'll visit Banff National Park, the first link in a vast network of natural parks and heritage sites that has grown to include Old Quebec, the Rideau Canal, and the Fortress...
The Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore
An Illustrated History of Railway Stations in Canada
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2014
Brown celebrates the survival of our railway heritage in stations that have been saved or remain in use.
Despite the "green" benefits of rail travel, Canada has lost much of its railway heritage. Across the country stations have been bulldozed and rails ripped up. Once the heart of...
In Search of the Grand Trunk
Ghost Rail Lines in Ontario
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2011
Explore Ontario's forgotten rail lines and experience the legacy and lore of this the vital railway era of Ontario's history. At its peak between 1880 and the 1920s, Ontario was criss-crossed by more than 20,000 kilometres of rail trackage. Today , only a fraction remains. Yet trains once hauled everything...
Rails Across the Prairies
The Railway Heritage of Canada’s Prairie Provinces
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2012
Rails Across the Prairies traces the evolution of Canada's rail network, including the appearance of the first steam engine on the back of a barge. The book looks at the arrival of European settlers before the railway and examines how they coped by using ferry services on the Assiniboine and North...