About Thom Hess Thom Hess was a professor of linguistics at the University of Victoria. Books by Thom Hess Haboo Native American Stories from Puget Sound translated by Vi Hilbert foreword by Jill La Pointe introduction by Thom Hess Tellings from Our Elders Lushootseed syeyehub, Volume 2: Tales from the Skagit Valley by (author) David Beck & Thom Hess Tellings From Our Elders: Lushootseed syeyehub The Complete Two-Volume Set by (author) David Beck & Thom Hess Lushootseed Dictionary by (author) Dawn Bates, Thom Hess & Vi Hilbert