Books with author Royce Brown

Follow the evolution of the rail legacy of the Canadian Prairies from the arrival of the first engine on a barge to today’s realities. 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 Saskatchewan Rivers. The work then follows the building of the railways, the rivalries of their owners, and the unusual irrigation works of Canadian Pacific Railway. The towns were nearly all the creation of the railways from their layout to their often unusual names.Eventually, the rail lines declined, though many are experiencing a limited revival. Learn what the heritage lover can still see of the Prairies’ railway legacy, including existing rail operations and the stories the railways brought with them. Many landmarks lie vacant, including ghost towns and elevators, while many others survive as museums or interpretative sites.

Doopy Cat Always Escapes…When the warrior Doopy Cat finds himself held fast in the jaws of a giant mechanical rat—the iron jaws and sharp incisors just inches away from his belly—he knows he can count on his superpowers to escape. After all, no trap set by the Evil Cheese Dweebs has ever been able to hold him! But Doopy Cat has not yet faced the Mother Dweeb, the leader of the Evil Cheese Dweebs, and she has laid the perfect trap. As an epic war rages in the skies above his home planet, Doopy Cat is captured yet again and sent straight to the Mother Ship. Will his special powers—Swiss Army Claws, Laser Eyes, and Exploding Hairballs—be enough to vanquish the most evil dairy product in the galaxy? And will he ever be able to stomach the sight of cheese again?