# Buck Tanner

Buck hauls the peaches in his big rig while Cal runs blocker. The two trade road reports and ribbing over the CB.

Character · Fictional · Established

Stable ID: `southern-highway-1977-buck-tanner` · Revision 1 · Updated 2026-10-30

Context: [Southern Highway, 1977](/field-guide/collections/southern-highway-1977/)

[Web page](/field-guide/entities/southern-highway-1977-buck-tanner/) · [JSON record](/field-guide/entities/southern-highway-1977-buck-tanner/record.json)

## At a glance

- fictional burly adult man about forty-five, light weathered skin, broad build with a belly, a full reddish-brown beard, short hair under a cap, generic forgettable everyman features

- Gruff, dry, easygoing trucker drawl; talks in CB slang, unflappable under pressure.

## Appearances

- [Southern Highway, 1977](/research/johns-world/johns-world-new-1977-microverse.html) (context: [Southern Highway, 1977](/field-guide/collections/southern-highway-1977/))

## Sources

- Unpublished source notes: Southern Highway, 1977: character.json (revision sha256:dd34aff724f46638580b10dfebac9a0f91723955f817e4873d18ee49dc4940fe)

## Reference library

### Source reference

![Buck Tanner: life reference.png](/field-guide/assets/imported/universe-southern-highway-1977-characters-buck-tanner-life-reference-025a809093.png)

Existing source reference for Buck Tanner.

[Download original](/field-guide/assets/imported/universe-southern-highway-1977-characters-buck-tanner-life-reference-025a809093.png) · Unpublished source notes: Southern Highway, 1977: life\_reference.png · v1 · SHA-256: `025a8090932788ee1b5734d4ab3c46e92ef6c41a2dcd27f22980fdcd42e31170`