10. Putnam’s Monthly (10 Park Row)
At the rather hopeless end of Herman Melville’s career, after Pierre had garnered strong criticism from the public and put him at a financial standstill, he reluctantly took a position at Putnam’s Monthly on Park Row. It was here that Melville got his first taste of obscurity, though his position as an editor did give him a chance to produce some of his greatest short prose including the Piazza Tales and Israel Potter.
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