The Igorot houseboy of an American teacher who lives by Mary Strandon. He starts teaching Carlos how to speak English and about Abraham Lincoln, the American from Illinois who rose from poor circumstances to become President of the United States. Dalmacio tells Carlos that he wants to go to America.
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Dalmacio Character Timeline in America Is in the Heart
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Chapter 9
...her apartment. Next-door to Mary lives another American woman who has an Igorot houseboy named Dalmacio. He and Carlos become friends.
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Dalmacio tells Carlos that English is better than money for those who want to go to...
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