# Doc Valliant — Cimarron character guide

> Doc Valliant in Cimarron by Edna Ferber.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Doc, Valliant, Dr. Don Valliant

**First appearance:** 0006-iii

## Snapshot

The town doctor of Osage, a steady presence through fevers, births, and the violent accidents of a frontier still being built.

## Who they are

Doc Valliant tends the bodies of a town that is growing faster than its streets, its laws, or its sanitation can keep up with. He belongs to the small circle of early settlers who remember Osage before the brick and the elms, and his judgments carry weight among them. In a story full of men who leave, he stays, and his quiet reliability throws the restlessness of figures like Yancey Cravat into relief.

## Relationships

### [Sabra Cravat](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/cimarron_se/characters/sabra_cravat)

_friendship_

The town doctor and a close friend who provides medical care and emotional support to Sabra over many years.

### [Sabra Cravat](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/cimarron_se/characters/sabra_cravat)

_friendship_

The town doctor and a close friend who provides medical care and emotional support to Sabra over many years.

### [Sabra Cravat](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/cimarron_se/characters/sabra_cravat)

_friendship_

The town doctor and a close friend who provides medical care and emotional support to Sabra over many years.

## In the story

### [Chapter XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/cimarron_se/chapters/xi)

Attends Sabra during childbirth; described as a mysterious and picturesque doctor.

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