Ten-year-old Philippe becomes apprenticed as a coppersmith to his father in the Parisian foundry where the Statue of Liberty is being constructed under the direction of Frederic Auguste Bartholdi, and the ensuing years shape the rest of his life.
When they lose their mother's falcon during a hunt, a brother and sister search for it in the forest and become lost themselves. Includes factual information about hunting practices and manor life in the Middle Ages.