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One evening, Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Jos Galvez heard Luis Alberto Urrea read "Hymn to Vatos Who Will Never Be in a Poem" with its chant-like repetitions and its evocation of Chicano manhood. As Luis read each line, an image clicked in Jos's memory, and he knew that he had already taken that photograph. The result of that experience is this remarkable book.

Vatos is street slang for dude, guy, pal, brother. It sprang from the highly stylized language of the Pachucos (los chukotes) in the '50s. It's a Chicano term derived from the once-common friendly insult chivato, or goat. It had a slightly unacceptable air to it, which the Locos and Weesas of the Chuco world enjoyed. They were able to take the sting out of racism by calling themselves a bunch of names assimilated "good Mexicans" didn't like.
 
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Hardback Editions

November 2008 : Library Binding
Cover of ISBN: 1439571759Title: Vatos
Author(s): Jose Galvez, Luis Alberto Urrea
ISBN: 1-4395-7175-9 / 978-1-4395-7175-0
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August 2000 : Library Binding
Cover of ISBN: 0613451589Title: Vatos
Author(s): Luis Alberto Urrea, Benjamin Alire Saenz
ISBN: 0-613-45158-9 / 978-0-613-45158-1 (USA edition)
Publisher: Turtleback Books: A Division of Sanval
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Paperback Editions

September 2000 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 0938317520Title: Vatos
Author(s): Luis Alberto Urrea
ISBN: 0-938317-52-0 / 978-0-938317-52-4 (USA edition)
Publisher: Cinco Puntos Press
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September 2002 : Turtleback
Cover of ISBN: 0606250808Title: Vatos
Author(s): Luis Alberto Urrea
ISBN: 0-606-25080-8 / 978-0-606-25080-1 (USA edition)
Publisher: Demco Media
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