regarded as the first affordable automobile, the car that "put America on wheels"; some of this was because of Ford's innovations, including assembly line production instead of individual hand crafting, as well as the concept of paying the workers a wage proportionate to the cost of the car, so that they would provide a ready made market. 1909 – Leo Baekeland of Sint-Martens-Latem, Belgium officially announces his creation of Bakelite. The announcement was made at the February 1909 meeting of the New York section of the American Chemical Society. Bakelite is an inexpensive, nonflammable, versatile, and popular plastic. Popular culture Literature The best selling books of the decade were Anne of Green Gables (1908) and The Tale of Peter Rabbit (1902), which sold 50 million and 45 million copies respectively. Serbian writers used the Belgrade literary style, an Ekavian writing form which set basis for the later standardization of the Serbian language. Theodor Herzl, the founder of political Zionism, published The Old New Land in 1902, outlining Herzl's vision for a Jewish state in the Land of Israel. Below are the best-selling books in the United States of each year, as determined by Publishers Weekly. 1900: To Have and to Hold by Mary Johnston 1901: The Crisis by Winston Churchill 1902: The Virginian by Owen Wister 1903: Lady Rose's Daughter by Mary Augusta Ward 1904: The Crossing by Winston Churchill 1905: The Marriage of William Ashe by Mary Augusta Ward 1906: Coniston by Winston Churchill 1907: The Lady of the Decoration by Frances Little 1908: Mr. Crewe's Career by Winston Churchill 1909: The Inner Shrine by Anonymous (Basil King) Art Pablo Picasso paints Les Demoiselles d'Avignon, considered by some to be the birth of modern art. Art Nouveau art movement peaked in popularity at the turn of the 20th century (1890–1905). Cubism art movement peaked in popularity in France between 1907 and 1911. Fauvism art movement peaked in popularity between 1905 and 1907. Film April 2, 1902 – Electric Theatre, the first movie theater in the United States, opens in Los Angeles. The first huge success of American cinema, as well as the largest experimental achievement to this point, was the 1903 film The Great Train Robbery, directed by Edwin S. Porter. The world's first feature film, The Story of the Kelly Gang is released on 26 December 1906 in Melbourne, Australia. Music Popular songs of the 1900s include "Lift