Portico Darwin
Ride of Your Life
In 1964, Eli Spencer drove Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to the airport in a Mercedes-Benz worth more than most houses. By 1982, he was holding his father's hand as he died of a disease that didn't yet have a name.Between those two moments lies the story of three generations of the Spencer family—and secrets that threatened to destroy them all.From the trenches of World War I to the back seat of the world's most expensive car, the Spencers built the American Dream one careful step at a time. Ben Spencer Sr. arrived at Ellis Island with nothing but a talent for languages and making Italian sandwiches. His son, Ben Jr., started Cosmopolitan Cars, Manhattan's most exclusive limousine service, with a client list that ranged from Frank Sinatra to the Five Families.But success came at a…