This anniversary edition concentrates on the origins of the names currently used for the cities, towns, settlements, mountains, and streams of California, with engrossing accounts of the history of their usage. The dictionary includes a glossary and a bibliography.

Erwin G. Gudde (1889-1969) was Professor Emeritus of German at the University of California, Berkeley. William Bright (1928-2006) was Emeritus Professor of linguistics and anthropology at the University of California, Los Angeles.

“A fun companion for trips to other parts of the state. . . . An impressive amount of California history in this volume.”—Bay Nature

"My family and I always take our 'Gudde Book' along with us on automobile trips through California, and whoever is riding shotgun has the job of looking up interesting place names along the road to discover their origins."—Native California